# Suzanne Charny

Suzanne Charny is an American actress, dancer, and sculptor.

## Early years

Charny was raised in Brooklyn and attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City.

## Career

When she was 15, Charny skipped school to go to an audition, gaining a role as a "Shark" girl in a production of West Side Story that toured Australia. Her first big break came in early 1965, when she was cast as one of the featured dancers in the weekly NBC musical variety series Hullabaloo, which aired until spring of 1966. In 1967, she guest starred on That Girl as Donald’s computer-match "date". She was the lead female dancer in "The Rich Man's Frug" sequence in the original Broadway production of Sweet Charity and reprised the role in the movie version (1969). From 1970 to 1986, she frequently appeared on television shows including The Night Stalker, Kojak, The Rockford Files, Starsky & Hutch, The Incredible Hulk and others.
In 1969, Charny danced in productions for military personnel as part of Bob Hope's annual tour to entertain U. S. troops overseas.
Charny is also a sculptor. Her figural work is based on her career as a dancer and includes representations of dancers in motion. She notes that growing up in Brooklyn, she was inspired to model the human form by watching her father build larger-than-life nude sand sculptures at Brighton Beach.

## Awards and honors

Charny was a 2004 recipient of the Professional Dancers Society's Gypsy Robe in honor of her contributions to the field of dance.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | The Steagle | Marcy | Comedy film |
| 1986 | Hollywood Harry | Marcy (as Suzanne Charney) | Neo-noir |
| 1986 | Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter | Mildred (as Suzanne Charnoy) | |

### Television

| Year | Show | Сharacter | Episode |
| 1967 | That Girl | Lisa Stevens | Episode 4 S2 “To Each Her Own “ |
| 1970 | Bracken's World | Alex Hunter | Episiode 5 S2: "Preview in Samarkand" |
| 1973 | The Rookies | Boat Owner | Episode 17 S1 "Snow Job" |
| 1973 | Emergency! | Mrs. Butler | Episode 18 S2: "Seance" |
| 1973 | Ironside | Bev | Episode 23 S6: "A Game of Showdown" |
| 1973 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Luisa Renatti | Episode 4 S5: "Blood Kin" |
| 1974 | Toma | Pepper | Episode 18 S1: "The Madam" |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Catherine Rawlins | Episode 4 S1: "The Vampire" |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | Melissa | Episode 12 S1: "The Lodester Ambush" |
| 1975 | The Rookies | Linda | Episode 18 S3: "Angel" |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Ginger | Episode 6 S1: "Death Notice" |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | Conchita | Episode 10 S1: "Sharks Eat Sharks" |
| 1976 | Kojak | Nina Bruno | Episode 17 S3: "A Wind from Corsica" |
| 1976 | The Blue Knight | Adelle | Episode 6 S1: "The Creeper" |
| 1976 | The Streets of San Francisco | Sunny Malone | Episode 18 S4: "Underground" |
| 1976 | The Rockford Files | Paulette DiMinna | Episode 17 S2: "Joey Blue Eyes" |
| 1977 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr Tamara Batalova | Episode 20 S4: "The Privacy of the Mind" |
| 1977 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Maureen Wright (as Susanne Charny) | Episode 7 S5: "Rollback" |
| 1977 | Tabitha | Kathy | Episiode 5 S1: "Minerva Goes Straight" |
| 1978 | The Bionic Woman | Waitress Nurse | Episode 14 S3: "The Antidote" |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch | Gina | Episode 2 S4: "The Game" |
| 1980 | Fantasy Island | Marlene McQueen | Episode 17 S3: "PlayGirl / Smith's Valhalla |
| 1981 | Quincy M.E. | Nancy Marsala | Episode 10 S6: "Headhunter" |
| 1981 | The Incredible Hulk | Barbara Davis | Episode 2 S5: "Two Godmothers" |
| 1986 | Capitol | Leslie | (1986) |