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{{short description|American actress}}{{Infobox person
{{short description|American actress (1933–1955)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Suzan Ball
| image = Suzanne_Ball.jpg
| image = Suzanne_Ball.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Ball in 1954
| birth_name = Suzanne Ball
| birth_name = Susan Ball
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|2|3}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|2|3}}
| birth_place = [[Jamestown, New York]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|8|5|1934|2|3}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|8|5|1933|2|3}}
| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| nationality = American
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]]|1954|1955|end=her death}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]]|1954}}
| relatives = [[Lucille Ball]] (cousin)<br>[[Fred Ball]] (cousin)
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
}}
}}


'''Suzan Ball''' (born '''Susan Ball''';<ref name="BBGSMC">Hopper, Hedda (November 24, 1951). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/975892958/?clipping_id=129451936 "Buffalo-Born Girl Starting Movie Career"]. ''Buffalo Courier-Express''. p.&nbsp;6. Retrieved November 26, 2023.</ref><ref name="DFP">[https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/135761139/ "New Faces ... Going Places; Introducing: Suzan Ball"]. ''Detroit Free Press''. January 12, 1953. p.&nbsp;28. Retrieved November 25, 2023.</ref><ref>Wilson, Earl (September 6, 1952). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city/135762299/ "It Happened Last Night in Little Old New York"]. ''Press of Atlantic City''. p.&nbsp;10. Retrieved November 25, 2023.</ref><ref>Peschke, Michael, ed. (2006). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=kJzf0IJ1IuMC&pg=PA167&dq=Susan+Ball+%22Suzan+Ball+%22 Enciclopedia Internacional de Pseudónimos: Nombres Verdaderos. Parte I]''. München: Saur/Gale. p.&nbsp;167. {{ISBN|9783598249617}}.</ref> February 3, 1933<ref name="DFP"/><ref name="TBNobit">Associated Press (August 6, 1955). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/867579543/?clipping_id=135753817 "Actress Suzan Ball Is Dead; Pluck Won a Nation's Heart; Born in Buffalo"]. ''The Buffalo News''. p.&nbsp;3. Retrieved November 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/135755616/ "Suzan Ball (Continued From First Page)"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. August 6, 1955. p.&nbsp;2. Retrieved November 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/618481213/?clipping_id=135767656 "Suzan Ball's Death Spurs Cancer Fight"]. ''The Miami Herald''. May 20, 1956. p.&nbsp;28E. Retrieved November 25, 2023.</ref><ref name="JRP">Parish, James Robert (2001). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=S8I63YmASU8C&q=%22Age+22%22+%22Suzan+Ball%22 The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols]''. McGraw Hill. p.&nbsp;149. {{ISBN|9780809222278}}.</ref> or 1934<ref>https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/5160/suzan-ball</ref> – August 5, 1955) was an American actress. She was a second cousin of fellow actress [[Lucille Ball]]. She was married to actor [[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]]. She had her leg amputated in January 1954, as a result of both a tumor and an accident she had. She died at age 22 of cancer in 1955, after a two-year battle.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/135766003/ "Susan Ball Dies of Cancer at Age 22"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. August 6, 1955. p.&nbsp;1. Retrieved November 25, 2023.</ref><ref name="VarietyObit">{{Cite news|title=Obituaries: Suzan Ball|author=|date=August 10, 1955|work=Variety|page=45|quote=Suzan Ball, 22, screen actress, died Aug. 5 in Beverly Hills after a long fight against cancer. She had recently been released from the City of Hope Medical Center where she had undergone 25 days of diagnostic study. Born in Buffalo, Miss Ball came to California at the age of 12 and was signed by Universal-International in 1951. Her first prominent role was in 'East of Sumatra' in 1952 and it was in this picture that her troubles began. During a dance routine she injured her right knee which later developed into cancer and caused the amputation of her leg. Undaunted, Miss Ball learned the use of an artificial leg and continued her career until the cancer grew out of control.|id={{ProQuest|1032365406}}}}</ref>
'''Suzan Ball''' (born '''Suzanne Ball'''; February 3, 1934 – August 5, 1955) was an American actress. She was a second cousin of fellow actress [[Lucille Ball]]. She was married to actor [[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]]. She had her leg amputated in January 1954, as a result of both a tumor and an accident she had. She died at age 21 of cancer in 1955, after a two-year battle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050476/|title=Suzan Ball|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/08/29/page/C16/article/suzan-ball-wins-fight-for-life|title=SUZAN BALL WINS FIGHT FOR LIFE! (August 29, 1954)|publisher=}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Born in [[Buffalo, New York]],<ref name="BBGSMC"/><ref name="DFP"/><ref name="VarietyObit"/> Ball was the eldest daughter of Howard Dale Ball and Marleah Francis O'Leary.<ref>"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP32-B1FW : Sun Oct 15 16:34:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Suzan Ball Long and Howard Dale Ball, 5 Aug 1955.</ref><ref>"United States Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZF-RSM : Tue Nov 28 15:06:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Howard Dale Ball and Marleah F Ball, 1940.</ref> When she was 5, the family moved to [[Miami]] and, shortly thereafter, [[Kenmore, New York]]. In 1946 they moved to North Hollywood,<ref name="TBNobit"/> where, in June 1951, Ball graduated from [[North Hollywood High]].<ref>Thomas, Bob (March 8, 1952). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/326036759/?clipping_id=135914648 "Girl Gets Lead in Second Film; Susan Ball in High School Last June"]. ''The Tampa Times''.</ref>
Born in [[Jamestown, New York]], Ball was the eldest daughter of Howard and Marleah Ball. Her family moved to North Hollywood in 1941. She graduated from [[North Hollywood High School]] with the class of summer 1951.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/386?page=33|title = Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ball married Richard Long on April 4, 1954, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]. Many celebrities attended including [[Jeff Chandler]], [[Rock Hudson]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Janet Leigh]], and [[David Janssen]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAhtNiAl3YsC&q=Variety+magazine++%22Suzan+Ball%22&pg=PA57|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|last=Donnelley|first=Paul|date=2003-01-01|publisher=Music Sales Group|isbn=9780711995123|language=en}}</ref>
Ball married Richard Long on April 11, 1954, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]. Among the 100-plus guests in attendance were fellow [[Universal-International|UI]] luminaries [[Jeff Chandler]], [[Barbara Rush]], [[Rock Hudson]], [[Lori Nelson]], [[Tony Curtis]], [[Janet Leigh]], [[David Janssen]], [[Julie Adams]], [[Hugh O'Brien]], [[Mala Powers]], and [[Mary Castle]].<ref>Crivello, Kirk (1988). ''[https://archive.org/details/fallenangelslive00criv/page/156/mode/2up?q=%22mrs.+richard+Long%22 Fallen Angels : The Lives and Untimely Deaths of Fourteen Hollywood Beauties]''. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press. p.&nbsp;156. {{ISBN|0-8065-1096-X}}.</ref>


==Illness and death==
==Illness and death==
In 1953, doctors diagnosed Ball with cancer when she developed tumors on her legs, forcing her to use crutches. The cancer forced doctors to amputate Ball's leg. She died in 1955, at the age of 21, at the [[City of Hope National Medical Center|City of Hope Hospital]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1953, doctors diagnosed Ball with cancer when she developed tumors on her right leg, forcing her to use crutches. Because of the cancer, doctors amputated her right leg on January 12, 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress Suzan Ball Loses Leg to Combat Cancer: Starlet Jinxed by Injury and Year-Long Fight Gives Up Limb She Fractured Again|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-suzan-ball/142793598/|date=January 13, 1954|work=Los Angeles Times|page=A1|quote=|id={{ProQuest|166580830}}}}</ref> On August 5, 1955, five days after having been released from the [[City of Hope National Medical Center]] following more than three weeks of unsuccessful treatment, Ball, at age 22, died at 4:35 P.M. at her home in [[Beverly Hills]].<ref name="TBNobit"/>


She is interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=scott+wilson+the+resting+place+suzan+ball&pg=PA39|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|last=Wilson|first=Scott|date=2016-09-16|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|language=en}}</ref>
She is interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park]] in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=scott+wilson+the+resting+place+suzan+ball&pg=PA39|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|last=Wilson|first=Scott|date=2016-09-16|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|language=en}}</ref>

[[Dick Powell]] and [[June Allyson]] co-chaired the establishment of the Suzan Ball Memorial Fund in March 1956. Ten other entertainers and two states' governors co-sponsored the effort to raise $1 million via a national fund drive for "increasing facilities for a cancer center" under the auspices of City of Hope Medical Center.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=March 21, 1956 |page=2 |title=Set Up Suzan Ball Fund |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety202-1956-03/page/n141/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=November 25, 2023 }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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Suzan Ball
Ball in 1954
Born
Susan Ball

(1933-02-03)February 3, 1933
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 5, 1955(1955-08-05) (aged 22)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(m. 1954)​
RelativesLucille Ball (cousin)
Fred Ball (cousin)

Suzan Ball (born Susan Ball;[1][2][3][4] February 3, 1933[2][5][6][7][8] or 1934[9] – August 5, 1955) was an American actress. She was a second cousin of fellow actress Lucille Ball. She was married to actor Richard Long. She had her leg amputated in January 1954, as a result of both a tumor and an accident she had. She died at age 22 of cancer in 1955, after a two-year battle.[10][11]

Early life

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Born in Buffalo, New York,[1][2][11] Ball was the eldest daughter of Howard Dale Ball and Marleah Francis O'Leary.[12][13] When she was 5, the family moved to Miami and, shortly thereafter, Kenmore, New York. In 1946 they moved to North Hollywood,[5] where, in June 1951, Ball graduated from North Hollywood High.[14]

Personal life

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Ball married Richard Long on April 11, 1954, at El Montecito Presbyterian Church in Santa Barbara. Among the 100-plus guests in attendance were fellow UI luminaries Jeff Chandler, Barbara Rush, Rock Hudson, Lori Nelson, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Janssen, Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brien, Mala Powers, and Mary Castle.[15]

Illness and death

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In 1953, doctors diagnosed Ball with cancer when she developed tumors on her right leg, forcing her to use crutches. Because of the cancer, doctors amputated her right leg on January 12, 1954.[16] On August 5, 1955, five days after having been released from the City of Hope National Medical Center following more than three weeks of unsuccessful treatment, Ball, at age 22, died at 4:35 P.M. at her home in Beverly Hills.[5]

She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[17]

Dick Powell and June Allyson co-chaired the establishment of the Suzan Ball Memorial Fund in March 1956. Ten other entertainers and two states' governors co-sponsored the effort to raise $1 million via a national fund drive for "increasing facilities for a cancer center" under the auspices of City of Hope Medical Center.[18]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1952 Aladdin and His Lamp Dancing Girl Uncredited
The World in His Arms Uncredited
Untamed Frontier Lottie
Yankee Buccaneer Countess Margarita La Raguna
1953 City Beneath the Sea Venita
East of Sumatra Minyora
War Arrow Avis
1955 Chief Crazy Horse Black Shawl (Little Fawn) (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b Hopper, Hedda (November 24, 1951). "Buffalo-Born Girl Starting Movie Career". Buffalo Courier-Express. p. 6. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "New Faces ... Going Places; Introducing: Suzan Ball". Detroit Free Press. January 12, 1953. p. 28. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Wilson, Earl (September 6, 1952). "It Happened Last Night in Little Old New York". Press of Atlantic City. p. 10. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Peschke, Michael, ed. (2006). Enciclopedia Internacional de Pseudónimos: Nombres Verdaderos. Parte I. München: Saur/Gale. p. 167. ISBN 9783598249617.
  5. ^ a b c Associated Press (August 6, 1955). "Actress Suzan Ball Is Dead; Pluck Won a Nation's Heart; Born in Buffalo". The Buffalo News. p. 3. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "Suzan Ball (Continued From First Page)". The Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1955. p. 2. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Suzan Ball's Death Spurs Cancer Fight". The Miami Herald. May 20, 1956. p. 28E. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  8. ^ Parish, James Robert (2001). The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols. McGraw Hill. p. 149. ISBN 9780809222278.
  9. ^ https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/5160/suzan-ball
  10. ^ "Susan Ball Dies of Cancer at Age 22". The Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Obituaries: Suzan Ball". Variety. August 10, 1955. p. 45. ProQuest 1032365406. Suzan Ball, 22, screen actress, died Aug. 5 in Beverly Hills after a long fight against cancer. She had recently been released from the City of Hope Medical Center where she had undergone 25 days of diagnostic study. Born in Buffalo, Miss Ball came to California at the age of 12 and was signed by Universal-International in 1951. Her first prominent role was in 'East of Sumatra' in 1952 and it was in this picture that her troubles began. During a dance routine she injured her right knee which later developed into cancer and caused the amputation of her leg. Undaunted, Miss Ball learned the use of an artificial leg and continued her career until the cancer grew out of control.
  12. ^ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP32-B1FW : Sun Oct 15 16:34:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Suzan Ball Long and Howard Dale Ball, 5 Aug 1955.
  13. ^ "United States Census, 1940", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZF-RSM : Tue Nov 28 15:06:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Howard Dale Ball and Marleah F Ball, 1940.
  14. ^ Thomas, Bob (March 8, 1952). "Girl Gets Lead in Second Film; Susan Ball in High School Last June". The Tampa Times.
  15. ^ Crivello, Kirk (1988). Fallen Angels : The Lives and Untimely Deaths of Fourteen Hollywood Beauties. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8065-1096-X.
  16. ^ "Actress Suzan Ball Loses Leg to Combat Cancer: Starlet Jinxed by Injury and Year-Long Fight Gives Up Limb She Fractured Again". Los Angeles Times. January 13, 1954. p. A1. ProQuest 166580830.
  17. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016-09-16). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625997.
  18. ^ "Set Up Suzan Ball Fund". Variety. March 21, 1956. p. 2. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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