Suzanne Alexander(1931-1975)
- Actress
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.