---
name: "Susan Barnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-barnes"
fi1m_id: "susan-barnes"
imdb_id: "nm0055794"
tmdb_id: 104059
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1946"
died: "14 September 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-20T05:45:09.999870+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Susan Barnes

## Identity

Susan Barnes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-barnes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-barnes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0055794
- **TMDB ID:** 104059
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104059

Actor. Born 17 December 1946 in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 14 September 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1946, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 14 September 2025
- **Active:** 1976–1997
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 71 (1), 1980s 81 (2), 1990s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 3, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $580m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055794/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104059

## Biography

Susan Barnes was an American actress. She was born on 17 December 1946 in Rices Landing, Pennsylvania, and died on 14 September 2025 in Jefferson, Pennsylvania.

Barnes appeared in more than sixty film and television roles. She is known for parts in *Repo Man* (1984) as Agent Rogersz, *They Live* (1988), *Speed* (1994), *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), *Nothing to Lose* (1997) and *Nurse Betty* (2000). She also had a background in theatre, including a 1993 stage production of *La Bête*.

*Sources: imdb.com, dignitymemorial.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), Fi1m 36, as Constance — [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Desk Clerk — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *Speed* (1994), Fi1m 86, as Female Executive — [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)
- *They Live* (1988), Fi1m 79, as Brown Haired Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/they-live.md)
- *Repo Man* (1984), Fi1m 83, as Agent Rogersz — [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), Fi1m 71, as Girl Singer at Migrant Camp — [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beautiful Dreamer* (2006), as Ruby
- *Kicking & Screaming* (2005), as Diana Ditka
- *Century City* (2004), series, as Judge Saunders
- *Tiptoes* (2002), as Sylvia
- *American Dreams* (2002), series, Actor
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, Actor
- *Duty Dating* (2002), as Darlene
- *The Man from Elysian Fields* (2001), as Attractive Woman
- *Nurse Betty* (2000), as Darlene
- *Where the Money Is* (2000), as Mrs. Foster
- *Titus* (2000), series, as Nora
- *Switched at Birth* (1999), as Marie
- *Roswell* (1999), series, as Social Worker
- *Felicity* (1998), series, as Nurse Gregory
- *Break Up* (1998), as Teller
- *One Night Stand* (1997), as Malinda
- *Lover Girl* (1997), as Jean
- *Dog Watch* (1997), as Grace
- *Nothing to Lose* (1997), as Delores
- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), as Constance — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)
- *Inventing the Abbotts* (1997), as Mrs. Porter
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Mrs. Baker
- *Freeway* (1996), as Mrs. Cullins
- *National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins* (1995), as Cat Foot Lady
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), as Desk Clerk — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story* (1995), as Capt. Kern
- *Speed* (1994), as Female Executive — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)
- *The Vanishing* (1993), as Colleague
- *In the Best Interest of the Children* (1992), as Donna Evans
- *The Sitter* (1991), as Alice
- *Don't Touch My Daughter* (1991), as Sandy Ryter
- *Meet the Applegates* (1990), as Opal Withers
- *Scrooged* (1988), as Harpy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *They Live* (1988), as Brown Haired Woman — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/they-live.md)
- *Bad Dreams* (1988), as Connie
- *Zombie High* (1987), as Mom
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Fran Markell
- *Pee-wee's Big Adventure* (1985), as Movie Lot Actress
- *Swing Shift* (1984), as Skinny
- *Repo Man* (1984), as Agent Rogersz — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/repo-man.md)
- *She's in the Army Now* (1981), as Grace
- *...All the Marbles* (1981), as Merle's Wife
- *Angel on My Shoulder* (1980), Actor
- *Bound for Glory* (1976), as Girl Singer at Migrant Camp — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bound-for-glory.md)
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, as Adele Harrison

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