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Susan Douglas Rubes (1925–2013)

Actress | Producer | Soundtrack

As an actress, Susan Rubes has enjoyed a Broadway career where she won the Donaldson Award for best supporting actress in 1946. Breaking into American TV she played the character "Kathy" for 10 years on the daytime drama, Guiding Light. Moving to Canada with her actor husband, Jan Rubes, she... See full bio »

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in Vienna, Austria

Died:

(age 87) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1999 Black and Blue (TV movie)
Mrs. Levin (as Susan Rubes)
 
1997 Due South (TV series)
Ruth Henry
– Spy vs. Spy (1997) … Ruth Henry (as Susan Douglas)
 
1994 Boozecan
Braston's Mum
 
1993 Street Legal (TV series)
Dr. Rosenberg
– Best Interest of the Child (1993) … Dr. Rosenberg
 
1990 Max Glick (TV series)
Bryna Glick
 
1990 The Last Best Year (TV movie)
Mrs. Zagorski
 
1990 The Thriller (TV movie)
Hazel Levinson
 
1989 Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (TV series)
– A Family Affair (1989)
 
1988 Something About Love
Doctor
 
1988 The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
Bryna Glick
 
1987 Haunted by Her Past (TV movie)
Karen's Mother
 
1987 Adderly (TV series)
Janice
– Mirror Man (1987) … Janice
 
1986 The Edison Twins (TV series)
Dorothy Haines
– Invitation to a Mystery (1986) … Dorothy Haines
 
1982 Jen's Place
 
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series)
Grace Fletcher
– Last Bride of Salem (1974) … Grace Fletcher (as Susan Rubes)
 
1972 Norman Corwin Presents (TV series)
– Bingo Twice a Week (1972)
 
1971 Winter Comes Early
Mrs. Hunter
 
1968 Targets
Other at the Drive-In (as Susan Douglas)
 
1966 Seaway (TV series)
Lorna Fischer
– Rx for Murder (1966) … Lorna Fischer (as Susan Douglas)
 
1960 R.C.M.P. (TV series)
Jean Standing
– The Extortionist (1960) … Jean Standing (as Susan Douglas)
 
1960 The Unforeseen (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1960)
 
1953 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
Noli
– Something for an Empty Briefcase (1953) … Noli (as Susan Douglas)
 
1948-1953 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Paris Feeling (1953) (as Susan Douglas)
– Let Me Do the Talking (1948) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1953 Guiding Light (TV series)
Kathy Roberts
– Episode dated 9 April 1953 (1953) … Kathy Roberts (uncredited)
 
1952 Lights Out (TV series)
– Night Walk (1952) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1951 Cosmopolitan Theatre (TV series)
– Last Concerto (1951) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1951 Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (TV series)
– Success Story (1951) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV series)
– The Narrow Corner (1951) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1951 Five
Roseanne Rogers (as Susan Douglas)
 
1950 Forbidden Journey
Mary Sherritt (as Susan Douglas)
 
1950 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
– The M.P. and the Mouse (1950)
 
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Pila
– Ride the Pink Horse (1950) … Pila (as Susan Douglas)
 
1950 Actor's Studio (TV series)
– Telas, the King (1950) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1950 Suspense (TV series)
Zita Bradford
– The Bomber Command (1950) … Zita Bradford (as Susan Douglas)
 
1949 Theatre of Romance (TV series)
– The M.P. and the Mouse (1949) (as Susan Douglas)
 
1949 Lost Boundaries
Shelly Carter (as Susan Douglas)
 
1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Suzanne Walter (as Susan Douglas)
 
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1996 Never Too Late (associate producer)
 
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1950 Suspense (TV series)
– The Bomber Command (1950) (performer: "Auld Lang Syne" - uncredited)
 
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Started on the original radio only version of the daytime serial, "The Guiding Light." She first aired as Kathy Roberts on December 27, 1950.

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Susan Douglas | Susan Rubes
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Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Eye on Science Fiction" (McFarland & Co., 2003). See more »

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