Susanne Benton

Born: 1948-02-03

Susanne Benton (née Hildur; born February 3, 1948) is a retired Canadian actress known for her film roles as General Dreedle's WAC in Catch-22 (1970) and Quilla June Holmes in A Boy and His Dog (1975). In 1972, she appeared in the Andy Griffith film The Strangers in 7A, credited under her birth name, Susanne Hildur. She also used that name when appearing in an episode of Barnaby Jones a year later in 1973. Susanne Hildur was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father, who raised her, was a jazz pianist. Benton's mother left the family after she separated from her husband when Benton was two. She became convinced at the age of six that she would become a major star. However, she also reportedly believed that she would die before she reached her 28th birthday. In adulthood, she was eventually reunited with her mother and lived for a year with her in Canada. During her early roles, she refused to disrobe for her parts, despite the requests of her Universal Studios bosses. However, she posed nude for a multi-page pictorial in the May 1970 Playboy magazine. She often expressed the need to walk and felt unwell when she couldn't walk due to working on set. She married James Benton in 1966, which ended in divorce. She later married David Rudich.


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Catch-22

as Dreedle's WAC
Released: 1970-06-24

A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However,...

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A Boy and His Dog

as Quilla June Holmes
Released: 1975-03-23

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood,...

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Prescription: Murder

as The Blonde
Released: 1968-02-20

In Columbo's first outing, a psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him...

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The Last Horror Film

as Susan Archer
Released: 1982-08-12

A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which...

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That Cold Day in the Park

as Nina
Released: 1969-06-08

Frances Austen, a young, wealthy spinster, invites a mute teenager into her apartment after...

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Cover Me Babe

as Sybil
Released: 1970-10-01

Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.

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The Strangers in 7A

as Claudine
Released: 1972-11-24

A building superintendent and his wife are held hostage in their apartment by a sadistic...

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Jigsaw

as Arlene
Released: 1968-06-05

After inadvertently ingesting some sugar laced with LSD, a man wakes up with amnesia and in the...

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Best Friends

as Kathy
Released: 1975-05-29

Two young couples taste the "free and easy" life on a cross country motor-home tour until love...

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Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?

as Chloe Gregory
Released: 1973-10-31

A divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

as The Starlet
Released: 1975-12-17

The story of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's two stays in Hollywood to write for films, once in...

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The Devonsville Train: Establishing Shots 2

as Kathy
Released: 2022-11-11

A series of shots from eleven 1970s and 1980s genre/exploitation films are slowed down to...

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Columbo

as Blonde
First aired: 1971-09-15

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Virginian

as Lila Standish
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Love, American Style

as Carol
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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The F.B.I.

as Molly
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Gunsmoke

as Av Marie Pugh
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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