Susan Lowe (born Laura Susan Lowe on January 19, 1948 in

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) is an American actress, educator and painter. She has appeared exclusively in the works of

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for most of her career, starring in ten of his films.

About

Lowe was born in Reidsville, North Carolina on January 19, 1948. She was a student at the

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(MICA) in the 1960s, when she became friends with

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and other

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. Her first role with Waters was playing an asylum inmate in ''

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''. She continued to play small parts in many of his films, but played the lead role of Mole McHenry, the ultra-butch bleach blonde lesbian, in ''

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''. She has taught art history classes at MICA,

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, and

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Personal life

Lowe has been married twice, and has two children. Her first husband, surnamed McLean, was a drawing teacher at the

(MICA), where Lowe had worked as a model. They wed in Ireland and had two children, Ruby and Ramsey McLean. The marriage ended seven years later. She later married Frank Tomboro of Baltimore. That union also ended in divorce.

Filmography

References

External links

* Interview
A Conversation with Susan Lowe
(2015) from

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