Suzanne Storrs
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Suzanne Storrs was a former Miss Utah
and an American television actress who appeared in sixteen different television series between 1954 and 1961, usually as the beautiful leading lady, including Maverick
with James Garner
(in an episode called "Guatemala City"), Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen
(in "To the Victor"), Sugarfoot
(in "Trouble at Sand Springs"), two episodes of The Untouchables
with Robert Stack
("Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll" and "Jack 'Legs' Diamond"), 77 Sunset Strip
with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
(in "Family Skeleton"), Hawaiian Eye
with Robert Conrad
(in "The Koa Man"), The Phil Silvers Show
(in "Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary"), Armstrong Circle Theatre
(in "The Hidden World"), Lawman
(in "Fast Trip to Cheyenne"), the U.S. Steel Hour (in "Welcome Home"), and The DuPont Show of the Month (in "The Scarlett Pimpernel"), and played recurring character "Janet Halloran" in nine episodes of the original 1958-59 version of Naked City
(in "Meridian," "Line of Duty," "Violent Circle," "No More Rumbles," "And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol," "Burst of Passion," "Hey, Teach!," "The Bumper," and "Beyond Truth").
Born Suzanne Storrs Poulton in Provo, Utah
, the young actress won the Miss Utah
title in 1955. She married financier Lionel Pincus
, the founder of the multi-billion dollar private equity firm Warburg Pincus
, in 1967 (they donated $10 million to Columbia University
in 1995). Suzanne Storrs Pincus had two sons, Henry and Matthew. She became a director of various charitable organizations and died after a lengthy illness at age 60.
Miss Utah
The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America pageant. Utah has twice won the Miss America crown.- Winners :- External links :**...
and an American television actress who appeared in sixteen different television series between 1954 and 1961, usually as the beautiful leading lady, including Maverick
Maverick (TV series)
Maverick is a western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins. The show ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and stars James Garner as Bret Maverick, a cagey, articulate cardsharp. Eight episodes into the first season, he was joined by Jack Kelly as his brother...
with James Garner
James Garner
James Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
(in an episode called "Guatemala City"), Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...
(in "To the Victor"), Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot is the title of a TV western that aired from 1957 to 1961. The series featured Will Hutchins as fledgling frontier lawyer Tom Brewster and Jack Elam as sidekick Toothy Thompson...
(in "Trouble at Sand Springs"), two episodes of The Untouchables
The Untouchables (1959 TV series)
The Untouchables is an American crime drama that ran from 1959 to 1963 on ABC. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalized the experiences of Eliot Ness, a real-life Prohibition agent, as he fought crime in Chicago during the 1930s with the help of a...
with Robert Stack
Robert Stack
Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:...
("Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll" and "Jack 'Legs' Diamond"), 77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip is an hour-length American television private detective series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Roger Smith, and Edd Byrnes....
with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series Maverick and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series...
(in "Family Skeleton"), Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye is an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network.-Premise:...
with Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep...
(in "The Koa Man"), The Phil Silvers Show
The Phil Silvers Show
The Phil Silvers Show is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G...
(in "Bilko and the Colonel's Secretary"), Armstrong Circle Theatre
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.-Synopsis:...
(in "The Hidden World"), Lawman
Lawman (tv series)
Lawman is an American Western television series originally telecast from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay on the ABC Television Network. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during the mid to late 1870s. Warner Bros....
(in "Fast Trip to Cheyenne"), the U.S. Steel Hour (in "Welcome Home"), and The DuPont Show of the Month (in "The Scarlett Pimpernel"), and played recurring character "Janet Halloran" in nine episodes of the original 1958-59 version of Naked City
Naked City (TV series)
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic "semi-documentary" format....
(in "Meridian," "Line of Duty," "Violent Circle," "No More Rumbles," "And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol," "Burst of Passion," "Hey, Teach!," "The Bumper," and "Beyond Truth").
Born Suzanne Storrs Poulton in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
, the young actress won the Miss Utah
Miss Utah
The Miss Utah competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss America pageant. Utah has twice won the Miss America crown.- Winners :- External links :**...
title in 1955. She married financier Lionel Pincus
Lionel Pincus
Lionel I. Pincus was an American finance executive, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur. He was the founder of the private equity firm Warburg Pincus, running it from 1966 to 2002, and later became the chairman emeritus of the company.-Early life:Pincus was born 2 March 1931 in Philadelphia,...
, the founder of the multi-billion dollar private equity firm Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil and Asia. It has been a private equity investor since 1966...
, in 1967 (they donated $10 million to Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1995). Suzanne Storrs Pincus had two sons, Henry and Matthew. She became a director of various charitable organizations and died after a lengthy illness at age 60.
External links
- Suzanne Storrs in the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
. - Suzanne Storrs Pincus obituary article in the New York Times.
- Naked City article in the Museum of Broadcast CommunicationsMuseum of Broadcast CommunicationsThe Museum of Broadcast Communications is an American museum that currently exists exclusively on the Internet and not in any physical capacity. Its stated mission is "to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform and entertain...
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