Susie Walsh

Actress, born in northern Kentucky June 5, 1951 and 4th out of 5 children; daughter of Thomas and Martha Walsh and sister of actress Katherine Walsh. Susan studied to be an Olympic equestrian in KY until the tragic death of her father in an AA crash over the hills of northern KY in 1965. In 1967, the state of Kentucky informed Mrs. Walsh that their property was being seized via eminent domain. After having to leave their family home in 1969, her mother moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado and built a new home and life for her children. After her older sister Kathy's death in 1970, Susie decided to make a change. In 1971, at age 20, she moved to NYC where she studied at the illustrious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Had first break on "All in the Family". Married in 1974 and gave birth to her daughter in May 1975. Moved to Los Angeles in 1975 with husband and infant daughter and gained momentum working on various TV shows and films, "Carter County" with Geech Kook, Elia Kazan's "The Last Tycoon" with Robert DeNiro, "The Amazing Howard Hughes" with Tommy Lee Jones, "CHiPs" with Robert Pine and Bruce Penhall, and so on. While in LA she was friends with Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand, actress and mother to Angelina Jolie. Susie divorced in 1979 and remained in Los Angeles until her move back to NYC in 1985. In July of 1980 her beloved mother passed away. Shortly after her move to NYC in 1985, she fell gravely ill with one of the first diagnosed cases of Epstein Barr Syndrome (chronic fatigue) which no one knew much about. A few years later the media started reporting on the illness after it was found that Cher had suffered from the same ailment. After a long recovery, she started working again for HBO and NBC and has done various TV shows and movies. Susie still lives in NYC and misses her brother Timmy who passed away on July 5, 2010, without having a chance to say goodbye. She has written a feature-length script which chronicles the struggles of a woman who must overcome the pain of adversity and loss in her life or fall victim to it, entitled "Wasted Beauty."