Susan Kingsley was an American actress, with roles in films such as
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
Early life and education
Kingsley studied drama at the
University of Kentucky
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and at the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools.
LAMDA's Principal is ...
Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman (born September 21, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. She received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play '' 'night, Mother''. She wrote the book and lyrics for such Broadway musicals as '' T ...
's play
Getting Out
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.
She also played the role of Marshael Foster in the
Broadway
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* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
play ''The Wake of Jamey Foster'' in October 1982.
Kingsley appeared in films including Coal Miner's Daughter,
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.Reckless,
Steel
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The Dollmaker
''The Dollmaker'' is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Jane Fonda and based on the 1954 novel of the same title written by Harriette Arnow. It was originally broadcast on ABC on May 13, 1984.
Fonda was awarded the Pr ...
.
Death
On February 6, 1984, as Kingsley was returning to
Louisville, Kentucky
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in order to rehearse a play at Actors Theater, after a vacation in Florida, she was involved in an automobile accident near
Commerce, Georgia
Commerce is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,387.
History Native American history
Before European settlers arrived, the area around present-day Commerce was inhabit ...
. The injuries she suffered from the accident led to her death. She is buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in
Middlesboro, Kentucky
Middlesboro ()Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987p. 196 Accessed 26 August 2013. is a home rule-class city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S ...
, and was survived by her husband David Hurt, and two children.