Soap Vet Susan Brown Dead at 86
Soaps.com By Amy Mistretta
August 31, 2018
Soaps.com is saddened to report that soap opera veteran actress Susan Brown has passed away at the age of 86.
GeneralHospital’s Kin Shriner (Scotty Baldwin) took to Twitter to express his condolences to Brown, who once played his on-screen Port Charles stepmother Dr. Gail Baldwin. The actor tweeted, “Sad to say one of my best friends and costars Susan Brown passed away today. R.I.P. Susan I will miss all our laughs.”
Brown was best known for her
GeneralHospital role, which she played on and off from 1979 to 2004. However, she landed her first daytime part on The Edge of Night in the early 1960s as a temporary replacement in the role of Nancy Pollock Karr. From there, she went on to play Constance MacKenzie Carson on Return to
Peyton Placefrom 1972 to 1974, Adelaide Fitzgibbon on As the World Turns in 1988 and
Dorothy Lane on
Santa Barbara that same year. From 1997 to 2000 her GH character crossed over to Port Charles. Outside of daytime Brown made appearances on such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents as a secretary (1961), The Young Marrieds as Ann Reynolds (1964 to 1966), Death Valley Days as Wilhelmina Vail (1966 to 1970), Murder She Wrote as Audrey Bannister (1986), Beverly Hills 90210 as Mrs. Cooper (1991) and Frasier as Amber Edwards (1994), to name a small few. Aside from acting, she owned an interior design firm and assisted various soap stars and television friends, among the
Hollywood elite, with her decorating services.
Brown, SusanBorn: 5/4/1932,
San Francisco,
California,
U.S.A.Died: 8/31/2018,
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Susan Brown’s westerns – actress: Have Gun – Will Travel (TV) – Paladin’s love interest)
Death Valley Days (TV) – 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 (Fanny Stevenson, Nancy Sooper,
Susan Hall, Reb Stone, Wilhelmina Vail)
The Outcasts (TV) – 1969 (Ann Willard)
