---
name: "Susan Lanier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-lanier"
fi1m_id: "susan-lanier"
imdb_id: "nm0486839"
tmdb_id: 73779
wikidata_id: "Q7648101"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 August 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:25:59.770079+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 Lanier

## Identity

Susan Lanier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-lanier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-lanier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0486839
- **TMDB ID:** 73779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7648101
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Lanier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7648101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73779

Actor. Born 1 August 1947 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1947, Dallas, Texas, USA
- **Also known as:** Susan Lanier-Bramlett
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Lanier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7648101, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73779

## Biography

Susan Lanier, also credited as Susan Lanier-Bramlett or Suze Lanier-Bramlett, is an American actress. She was born on 1 August 1947 in Dallas, Texas.

Lanier is known for her role as Brenda Carter in the 1977 horror film *The Hills Have Eyes*. She appeared in guest roles on television series including *Welcome Back, Kotter* (1975–1977), *Alice* (1976) and *Eight Is Enough* (1977). Her other credits include *The Hills Have Eyes Part II* (1985, archive footage), *Johnny Dangerously* (1984) and later films such as *Area 51* (2015) and *Cut!* (2014). She performed in stage productions including a 1970s Los Angeles production of Tennessee Williams' *The Night of the Iguana*.

Lanier was married to musician Delaney Bramlett until his death in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977), Fi1m 74, as Brenda Carter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hills-have-eyes.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Man-Eater* (2025), as Carol
- *Inverted* (2024), as Alma Fines
- *The Black Mass* (2024), as Heidi Lennon · Associate Producer
- *The Boatyard* (2023), as Martha
- *Red Rooms* (2023), series, as Senator Sheila Larkin
- *Beneath the Black Veil* (2019), as Patty (as Suze Lanier-Bramlett)
- *Betrothed* (2016), as Gwen Cooper (as Suze Lanier-Bramlett)
- *Area 51* (2015), as Jennefer's Mom (as Suze Lanier-Bramlett)
- *No Solicitors* (2015), as Nurse Helen
- *Cut!* (2014), as Susan Lanier
- *The Hills Have Eyes Part 2* (1985), as Brenda (archive footage)
- *Johnny Dangerously* (1984), as Radio Singer (uncredited)
- *Her Life as a Man* (1984), as Rosalee (as Suze Lanier)
- *Madame X* (1981), as Peggy
- *The Night the Bridge Fell Down* (1980), as Jane
- *Szysznyk* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977), as Brenda Carter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hills-have-eyes.md)
- *Electra Woman and Dyna Girl* (1976), series, Actor
- *Alice* (1976), series, Actor
- *Welcome Back, Kotter* (1975), series, Actor
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Amy
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Pickle Goes in the Middle* (1973), as Greta

## Gallery

- ![Susan Lanier](https://film.one/media/person/3921663/gallery-59a1777a18ff.jpg) Susan Lanier — Zbestwun2001, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Susan_lanier-bramlett.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Susan Lanier, Olivia Cole and Ned Beatty from the short-lived television program Szysznyk. (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/3921663/gallery-7de9ee8a6bb2.jpg) Photo of Susan Lanier, Olivia Cole and Ned Beatty from the short-lived television program Szysznyk. (1977) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Szysznyk_cast_1977.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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