Suzzy Roche ( ; born September 29, 1956) is an American singer and actress best known for her work with the vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre. Suzzy is the youngest of the three, and joined the act in 1977. She is the author of the novels ''Wayward Saints'' and ''The Town Crazy'' and the children's book ''Want To Be in a Band?''
Early life
Raised in
Park Ridge, New Jersey
Park Ridge is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Park Ridge had a population of 8,645 as of the 2010 United States Census,Park Ridge High School.
Career
Roche is an active associate member of
The Wooster Group
The Wooster Group is a New York City-based experimental theater company known for creating numerous original dramatic works. It gradually emerged from Richard Schechner's The Performance Group (1967–1980) during the period from 1975 to 1980, a ...
and has appeared in a number of the group's productions as well as composing original music for the group's performances. She was briefly a member of Four Bitchin' Babes, appearing on their album ''Some Assembly Required''. In 2004 Roche appeared on
Crash Test Dummies
Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best k ...
album '' Songs of the Unforgiven''.
In addition to singing, Roche has also acted in film and television. She appeared in the 1988 romantic comedy '' Crossing Delancey,'' the 1982 film '' Soup for One'', and the 2016 short film '' The Law of Averages'', where she plays the lead role of a conflicted mother in rural Quebec following the loss of her own mother. Roche also appeared with her siblings (playing themselves) in the 1996 comedy '' A Weekend in the Country''.
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded 10 studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and se ...
and Martha Wainwright (Loudon Wainwright's children with his first wife, the singer-songwriter
Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA
''Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA'' is the second album by Suzzy Roche, released in 2000.
Production
The album was produced by Roche and Stewart Lerman, and contains appearances from Jules Shear and Loudon Wai ...