Biographies: Susan Shaw - Actor

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Susan Shaw was a British actress born in London, on August 29, 1929, as Patsy Sloots and died in Middlesex, London, on November 27, 1978, from cirrhosis of the liver, as a result of drinking too much alcohol. Susan Shaw is best known for It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), A Killer Walks (1952), and The Diplomatic Corps (1958). She trained in acting at Rank Organisation's Charm School, made her first film Walking on Air (1946), and continued her career successfully. She married actor Albert Levin and had a child, but their marriage ended in divorce. In 1954, she married American actor Bonar Colleano, with whom she had previously appeared in Pool of London (1951). In 1955, their son Mark was born. In 1958, her husband Bonar died in a tragic car accident. Shaw was affected by her husband's death and began drinking heavily. She was unable to care for her son due to her alcohol addiction and gave him to his paternal grandmother to raise. She married for the third time, but her marriage did not last a year, and her career was affected. She retired in 1963. She continued her addiction to alcohol until her liver cirrhosis, and she died penniless in 1978 at the age of 49 years old, and her funeral was arranged by Rank.

• 22 September 2021
• Toqa Hesham