Susan Marie Neher (February 22, 1959 – August 2, 2022) was an American actress, active as a child, best known for originating the role of
Joanie Cunningham on ''
Happy Days
''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marshall, it was one of the most su ...
'' in its first iteration as a segment of the anthology series ''
Love, American Style''. She also played the sister of
Bobby Sherman in his one-season series ''
Getting Together'' as well as the daughter of
John Forsythe in the series ''
To Rome With Love''.
From the 1980s, Neher, who later used the first name Suzanna, spent considerable time volunteering for a variety of social organizations in and around
Pasadena, California, including the
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wor ...
Free Clinic and AbilityFirst. Regarding her life, the former child actor stated "I've had the coolest life ever." Neher died in
Salem, Oregon on August 2, 2022, at the age of 63.
Filmography
Television series
1967 Family Affair as Sue Jeanette Minter Episode "Freddie" (S2 Ep.11).
* 1968: ''
Family Affair'' as Lana. Episode "The Latch Key Kid" (S3EP1).
* 1969–1971: ''
To Rome With Love'' as Penny Endicott
* 1971–1972: ''
Getting Together'' as Jennifer Conway
* 1972: ''
Love American Style'' as Joanie Cunningham
* 1972–1973: ''
The Partridge Family
''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from ...
'' as Gwen/Girl (two episodes)
* 1974: ''
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers'' as Audrey Ackerman (one episode)
References
External links
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1959 births
2022 deaths
21st-century American women
American child actresses
Place of birth missing
American television actresses
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)