resting_place death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
california santa monica , california , u.s. 6 april 2003 los angeles , california , u.s. 23 january 1912 susan french
 susan french stage , television , film actress and puppeteer
susan french

susan french -lrb- january 23 , 1912 -- april 6 , 2003 -rrb- was an american stage , television and film actress .
french appeared in the tv movie `` people like us '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- .
she also played the role of mrs. shaw in the tv movie `` captain america '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- and its sequel , ' .
french acted in the soap opera `` bare essence '' -lrb- 1982 -- 1983 -rrb- and appeared in episodes of `` the alfred hitchcock hour '' -lrb- `` the world 's oldest motive , '' original air date april 12 , 1965 -rrb- , `` dallas '' , `` falcon crest '' , `` the colbys '' , `` l.a. law '' , `` moonlighting '' , `` quantum leap '' , and ' .
her final television appearance was in an episode of `` picket fences '' .
in addition , she had a recurring role on the cbs tv series `` cagney and lacey '' as mrs. skimmins .
french also appeared in universal 's 1980 film `` somewhere in time '' , starring superman actor christopher reeve and jane seymour .
her other film credits include `` the impossible years '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , `` jaws 2 '' -lrb- 1978 -rrb- , `` house '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- , `` the verne miller story '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- , `` flatliners '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- and `` younger and younger '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- .
her last film role was in the live-action version of `` fist of the north star '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- .
she also played the main character in a remington steele episode -lrb- `` love among the steele '' , 1983 -rrb- .
she had for many years a puppet theater in her home in santa monica , california and in 1964 published a book about making marionettes , presenting marionettes published by art horizons in hardcover .
french died in 2003 of natural causes in santa monica , california at age ninety-one .
