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name: "Susan Oliver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-oliver"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "13 February 1932"
died: "10 May 1990"
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average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T16:17:13.176847+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."
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# Susan Oliver

Actor and director. Born 13 February 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 10 May 1990.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 13 February 1932, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 10 May 1990
- **Active:** 1966–1972
- **Also known as:** Charlotte Gercke, سوزان اولیور
- **Works often with:** John Erman, Michael O'Herlihy

## Biography

Susan Oliver, born Charlotte Gercke, was an American actress and television director. She studied at Swarthmore College and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York, and appeared on Broadway in productions including *Small War on Murray Hill* (1957) and *Look Back in Anger* (1957–1958). She began working in film and television in the mid-1950s.

Oliver played Vina in the unaired 1964 *Star Trek* pilot "The Cage"; the footage was later incorporated into the 1966 two-part episode "The Menagerie". Her other television credits include guest roles in *The Twilight Zone* (1959), *Bonanza* (1959), *M*A*S*H* (1972, which she also directed), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984) and *Magnum, P.I.* (1980). She directed episodes of several series and was a licensed pilot who flew solo across the Atlantic in 1967.

Oliver died in 1990.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Vina  (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), Vina (archive footage)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Teenya — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Bonanza* (1959), Leta Malvet
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Louise, Marge Horton
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Laurie Crane
- *Freddy's Nightmares* (1988), The Maid
- *The Love Boat* (1977), Kay Tindal
- *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), Prisoner

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