Susan Lynn Bernard (February 11, 1948 – June 21, 2019) was an American author, actress, model and businesswoman from

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. She was the daughter of photographer

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Career

Susan Bernard was the author of six books, including ''Marilyn: Intimate Exposures'', ''Bernard of Hollywood's Ultimate Pin-Up Book'' and ''Joyous Motherhood''. She was the president of Bernard of Hollywood/Renaissance Road Incorporated. Bernard starred in the

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film ''

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'' in 1965, and in two seasons of ''

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'' in the late 1960s. She appeared in ''

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'' in December 1966, and was believed to be the first

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Playmate of the month, though in recent years Cindy Fuller, Miss May 1959, has claimed that she was the first Jewish Playmate. In an interview in the August 1998 issue of '' Femme Fatales'', Bernard revealed, "I was the first under-18 Jewish

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who was in the centerfold placed in front of a

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," and that she'd never been nude in front of anyone other than her mother prior to posing for Casilli, who had been one of her father's apprentices.

Personal life

Her father was photographer Bruno Bernard. Her husband, although they later divorced, was actor/playwright Jason Miller; their son is actor

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. She died of an apparent heart attack on June 21, 2019.

Bibliography

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Filmography

Films

* ''The Mao Game'' (1999) * ''

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'' (1974) * '' The Killing Kind'' (1973) .... Tina Moore (as Sue Bernard) * ''

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'' (1972) .... Nancy * '' Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns'' (1971) .... Julie * ''

The Phynx ''The Phynx'' is a 1970 American comedy film directed by Lee H. Katzin about a rock and roll band named The Phynx and their mission in foreign affairs. The group is sent to Albania to locate celebrity hostages taken prisoner by Communists. This ...

'' (1970) .... London Belly * ''

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'' (1969) .... Terry Manning * ''

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'' (1969) .... Felicity Johnson * ''

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'' (1968) .... Woman * ''

'' (1965) .... Linda (as Susan Bernard)

Television

* '' The Smith Family'' - "No Place to Hide" (1971) * ''

The Beverly Hillbillies ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from 1962 to 1971. It had an ensemble cast featuring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer Jr. as the Clampetts, a poor, backwoods family from ...

'' ** "The Girls from Grun" (1971) .... Girl ** "The Grunion Invasion" (1971) .... Girl * ''

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'' - "Funny Boy" (1969) .... Joellen * ''

'' (1963) .... Beverly Cleveland Fairchild (1968–1969)

References

External links

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Profile for her book
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