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Susanna Foster

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The Resume

    (December 6, 1924-January 17, 2009)
    Born in Chicago, Illinois
    Birth name was Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson
    Appeared in the films 'The Great Victor Herbert' (1939), 'Star Spangled Rhythm' (1942), 'The Phantom of the Opera' (1943), 'Top Man' (1943), 'This Is The Life' (1944), 'The Climax' (1944) and 'That Night With You' (1945)
    Appeared on stage in 'Naughty Marietta' and 'South Pacific'

Why she might be annoying:

    She was reportedly fired from MGM for turning down 'National Velvet' because there was no singing in it.
    After suddenly walking out on her husband, she had trouble supporting her two sons, who often lived with her in squalor.
    She suffered from alcoholism and mental illness for decades.
    At times she lived in her car and in a tiny apartment with a doting fan.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She could reach B above high C.
    At age five, she helped support her family by earning $5 a week performing on radio.
    She quit the movies to raise her younger sisters and take them away from their alcoholic mother.
    She performed at the White House Press Photographer's Ball for President Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt (1946).
    She said, 'I was never really ambitious. At least not in the cutthroat way that's required to succeed.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 38 Votes: 73.68% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 48 Votes: 64.58% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 59 Votes: 71.19% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 96 Votes: 61.46% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 55 Votes: 52.73% Annoying