Susanne Cramer (3 December 1936 – 7 January 1969) was a German film and

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. She was born in

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, and died in

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, of pneumonia, at age 32.

Biography

At the age of 20, Cramer married the 37-year-old actor Hermann Nehlsen, who pushed her film ambitions. The marriage failed and the actress entered into a relationship with Claus Biederstaedt, whom she had met in 1956 while filming the literary adaptation Kleines Zelt und große Liebe. This relationship also failed; in February 1958, the Frankfurter Abendpost reported that the then 21-year-old actress had attempted suicide, which she denied. Cramer had a six-year career in American television, starting with a 1963 episode of ''

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'', and ending with a 1969 episode of ''

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''. In between, she was in 24 other television roles. Among them were two appearances on '' The Rogues'' in 1964, two appearances on the '' Kraft Suspense Theater'' in 1965, two appearances on '' Burke's Law'' in 1964-65, one appearance on ''

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'' in 1965 and two appearances on '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''. She also made appearances in 1964 and 1965 on two episodes of '' Perry Mason'': "The Case of a Place Called Midnight" and as murderer Gerta Palmer in "The Case of the Fugitive Fraulein". Susanne Cramer fell ill two years later with Hong Kong flu, which was rampant in the U.S., and died at the age of just 32 in a private clinic — officially due to pneumonia. However, there are numerous rumors about her death, ranging from suicide to a medical malpractice. Her grave is located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills).

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* * 1936 births 1969 deaths German film actresses Actors from Frankfurt People from Hesse-Nassau German television actresses 20th-century German actresses Deaths from pneumonia in California German expatriates in the United States {{Germany-screen-actor-stub