Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw
Born Patsy Sloots
(1929-08-29)29 August 1929
West Norwood, London, England, UK
Died 27 November 1978(1978-11-27) (aged 49)
Middlesex, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 1946–63
Spouse(s) Albert Lieven (1949–1953) (divorced) 1 child
Bonar Colleano (1954–1958)
(his death) 1 child

Susan Shaw (29 August 1929 – 27 November 1978) was an English actress.[1]

Life and career

Shaw began her film career in 1946 when she was signed to a contract by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation and trained at their "charm school".[2] Her early career showed promise, and Shaw's popularity was established in such films as the Huggetts Trilogy with Jack Warner.[3]

Her marriage to Albert Lieven, with whom she had a daughter, ended in divorce in 1953, and in 1954 she married the actor Bonar Colleano, with whom she had featured in the film Pool of London (1951).[3] In 1955, their son Mark was born and in 1958 Colleano was killed in a traffic collision.[4] Badly affected by Colleano's death, Shaw began to drink heavily and, unable to care for her son because of her emerging alcoholism, she gave him to her grandmother to raise.[5]

She resumed her career, but was unable to sustain it and made her final acting appearance in 1963. She died of cirrhosis of the liver and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, North London. The Rank Organisation paid for her funeral.[6]

Critical assessment

The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praise the "sulky, spiky tenacity that differentiated her from many of her contemporaries".[7]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1946 London Town Extra uncredited
1947 It Always Rains on Sunday Vi Sandigate
The Upturned Glass 2nd Girl Student
Holiday Camp Patsy Crawford
1948 My Brother's Keeper Beryl
London Belongs to Me Doris Josser
Quartet Betty
Here Come the Huggetts Susan Huggett
To the Public Danger Nancy Bedford
1949 It's Not Cricket Primrose Brown
Vote for Huggett Susan Huggett
The Huggetts Abroad Susan Huggett
Marry Me! Pat Cooper
Train of Events Doris Hardcastle
1950 The Woman in Question Catherine Taylor
Waterfront Connie McCabe
1951 Pool of London Pat
There Is Another Sun Lillian
1952 Wide Boy Molly
1953 The Intruder Tina
Small Town Story Pat Lane
1954 The Good Die Young Doris
Time Is My Enemy Evelyn Gower
1955 Stock Car Gina
1956 Fire Maidens from Outer Space
1957 Davy Gwen
1958 The Diplomatic Corpse Jenny Drew
1959 Carry On Nurse Mrs Jane Bishop
1963 The Switch Search officer

References

  1. ↑ "Susan Shaw". BFI.
  2. ↑ "Susan Shaw - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  3. 1 2 "Carry-On Actors". google.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Susan Shaw - The Private Life and Times of Susan Shaw. Susan Shaw Pictures". glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com.
  5. ↑ "BBC ON THIS DAY - 15 - 1958: Film stars raise cash for Colleano". bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "184: The Sad Story of Susan Shaw". norwoodsociety.co.uk.
  7. ↑ Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 184.
  • Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, 14th edition, 2001, edited by John Walker, published by HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-093507-3


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