1955Nominee
Best Performance
Daddy Long Legs
Suzanne Alexander
Actor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 8, 1931
Biography
The daughter of a concert entertainer and a mother who was "Miss Canada of 1918", Canadian-born Suzanne Alexander was one of those numerous starlets who, back in the 1950s, displayed their comely figures in a couple of movies and TV series episodes without finding a worthwhile role to prove themselves. Things could have been different if she had been chosen to play Princess Aouda in Mike Todd's lavishly produced Around the World in 80 Days (1956) for which she tested. But Shirley MacLaine finally landed the part and three years later pretty Alexander vanished from the radar screens. The next time there she was heard of was in September 1975, and it was bad news : Gwendolyn Ann White (Alexander's real name) had leaped to her death from a hotel room in San Francisco. She was only 44.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1955Nominee
Best Performance
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1954Nominee
Best Performance
Princess of the Nile
Career Highlights
1953Highlight
Best Performance
Latin Lovers
1954Highlight
Best Performance
The French Line
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Daddy Long Legs
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
The French Line