Susan Cummings (actress)

Susan Cummings
Born Gerda Susanne Tafel
(1925-07-10)July 10, 1925
Bavaria, Germany
Died December 3, 2016(2016-12-03) (aged 91)
Chandler, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Keith Larsen (1953–1960; divorced)
Charles T. Pawley (1962–1975; his death)
Robert E. Strasser (1976–2016)

Susan Cummings (born Gerda Susanne Tafel; July 10, 1925 – December 3, 2016[1]) was a German-American actress of the 1950s and 1960s who appeared in several television shows and films. From 1958-59, she portrayed Georgia, proprietress of the Golden Nugget Saloon, in the syndicated Western television series Union Pacific.

She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason — one as Lois Fenton in the title role in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse," and as Margaret Swaine in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Lame Canary." She appeared as Patty in the iconic 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone, "To Serve Man.[2]

With Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke, 1960

She emigrated to the United States in 1931. The daughter of Eugen and Mina Tafel, she grew up in Newark, New Jersey, where he father ran a bakery.

Filmography

Television

  • Bat Masterson (3 episodes; "Dynamite Blows Two Ways," "Last Stop to Austin" & "Death and Taxes")
  • McHale's Navy (episode: "The Big Impersonation," 1964)
  • The Twilight Zone (episode: "To Serve Man," 1962)
  • Cheyenne (episode: "Winchester Quarantine," 1961)
  • Riverboat (season 2, episode 1: "End of a Dream," 1961)
  • Laramie (TV series) (season 2, episode 22: "Rimrock," 1961)
  • Peter Gunn (season 3, episode 9: "The Long Green Kill," 1960)
  • Gunsmoke (episode: "The Peace Officer," 1960)
  • The Untouchables (episode: "Little Egypt," 1960)
  • Perry Mason (2 episodes: "The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse," 1957; "The Case of the Lame Canary," 1959)
  • Man with a Camera (TV series) (episode: "The Positive Negative," 1959)
  • Science Fiction Theater (TV series) (2 episodes: "The Man Who Didn't Know," 1956; "Survival in Box Canyon," 1956)

Films

References

  1. ↑ Reference Boot Hill RIP (July 2017)
  2. ↑ Todd Van Der Werff (May 11, 2013). "The Twilight Zone: "The Last Rites Of Jeff Myrtlebank"/"To Serve Man"". Avclub.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.


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