Susie Garrett
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| Born | December 29, 1929 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 2002 (aged 72) Southfield, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress musician |
Susie Garrett (December 29, 1929 – May 24, 2002) was an American actress of theatre and television, jazz vocalist, and acting teacher. She is best known for playing Cherie's grandmother Betty Johnson on the NBC series Punky Brewster.[1][2]
Personal life
Garrett had an associate's degree in psychology from Shaw College at Detroit. She was the mother of four sons, and the older sister of Marla Gibbs.[1][2] Together, Garrett and Gibbs co-founded the Crossroads Art Academy acting school in Los Angeles.[1]
Career
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1929, she sang jazz at clubs in the city. She starred in such plays as Dark of the Moon and Shakin' the Mess Out of Misery, and had a small part in the 1989 film Wicked Stepmother.
Aside from Punky Brewster, she has guest starred on The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, and her sister Marla Gibbs ' TV series The Jeffersons and 227.
Death
In 2002, Garrett died of cancer at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan, at the age of 72. She is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b c "Marla Gibbs Susie Garrett: Two Sisters Star On TV". Jet. December 10, 1984. pp. 60–62. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Kathleen Fearn-Banks (November 15, 2005). Historical Dictionary of African-American Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780810865228. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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- 1929 births
- 2002 deaths
- Actresses from Michigan
- Singers from Detroit
- Deaths from cancer in Michigan
- African-American female singers
- 20th-century American actresses
- African-American actresses
- American television actresses
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- Acting teachers
- 20th-century American singers
- Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit, Michigan)
- 20th-century American women singers