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{{Short description|American actress (1948–2019)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Susan Bernard
| name = Susan Bernard
| image = Susan Bernard in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965).jpg
| image = Susan Bernard in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965).jpg
| caption = Susan Bernard in ''[[Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!]]''
| caption = Susan Bernard in ''[[Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!]]''
| birth_name = Susan Lynn Bernard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|2|11}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1948|2|11}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.<ref name=pigs/>
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.<ref name=pigs/>
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]<br>|1974|1983|end=divorced}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]<br>|1974|1983|end=divorced}}
| children = [[Joshua John Miller]]
| children = [[Joshua John Miller]]
| death_date =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|6|21|1948|2|11}}
| death_place =
| death_place =Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Author, businesswoman, actress, model
| occupation = Author, businesswoman, actress, model
| website = {{url|http://www.bernardofhollywood.com}}
| website = {{url|http://www.bernardofhollywood.com}}
}}
}}


'''Susan Bernard''' (born February 11, 1948)<ref name=pigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=bernard%2C+susan&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=February 5, 2010}}</ref> is an American author, actress, model and businesswoman from [[Los Angeles, California]]. She is the daughter of photographer [[Bruno Bernard]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Beggs|first=Alexandra|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/10/marilyn-monroe-201110#/slide=1|title=Marilyn Monroe: The Metamorphosis|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=2011-09-28}}</ref>
'''Susan Lynn Bernard''' (February 11, 1948 – June 21, 2019)<ref name=pigs>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=bernard%2C+susan&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=February 5, 2010}}</ref> was an American author, actress, model and businesswoman from [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]. She was the daughter of photographer [[Bruno Bernard]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Beggs|first=Alexandra|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/10/marilyn-monroe-201110#/slide=1|title=Marilyn Monroe: The Metamorphosis|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=2011-09-28}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Susan Bernard is the author of six books, including ''Marilyn: Intimate Exposures'', ''Bernard of Hollywood's Ultimate Pin-Up Book'' and ''Joyous Motherhood''.
Susan Bernard was the author of six books, including ''Marilyn: Intimate Exposures'', ''Bernard of Hollywood's Ultimate Pin-Up Book'' and ''Joyous Motherhood''.
She is the president of Bernard of Hollywood/Renaissance Road Incorporated.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nadler|first=Art|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1996/dec/26/mgm-exhibit-to-host-bernards-lv-photos|title=MGM Exhibit To Host Bernard's LV Photos|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|date=1996-12-26}}</ref>
She was the president of Bernard of Hollywood/Renaissance Road Incorporated.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nadler|first=Art|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1996/dec/26/mgm-exhibit-to-host-bernards-lv-photos|title=MGM Exhibit To Host Bernard's LV Photos|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|date=1996-12-26}}</ref>


Bernard starred in the [[Russ Meyer]] film ''[[Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!]]'' in 1965,<ref>{{cite news|last=Knolle|first=Sharon|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/susan-bernard-marilyn-intimate-exposures_n_1363928.html|title=Susan Bernard, 'Marilyn, Intimate Exposures' Author, Looks Back On 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=2012-03-19}}</ref> and in two seasons of ''[[General Hospital]]'' in the late 1960s.
Bernard starred in the [[Russ Meyer]] film ''[[Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!]]'' in 1965,<ref>{{cite news|last=Knolle|first=Sharon|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/susan-bernard-marilyn-intimate-exposures_n_1363928.html|title=Susan Bernard, 'Marilyn, Intimate Exposures' Author, Looks Back On 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=2012-03-19}}</ref> and in two seasons of ''[[General Hospital]]'' in the late 1960s.


She appeared in ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'' in December 1966, and was believed to be the first [[American Jews|Jewish]] Playmate of the month, though in recent years [[Cindy Fuller]], Miss May 1959, has claimed that she was the first Jewish Playmate.<ref>[http://www.laweekly.com/columns/a-considerable-town/icon-love-susan-of-hollywood/10257 ''The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306112929/http://www.laweekly.com/columns/a-considerable-town/icon-love-susan-of-hollywood/10257/ |date=2008-03-06 }}</ref>
She appeared in ''[[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]'' in December 1966, and was believed to be the first [[American Jews|Jewish]] Playmate of the month, though in recent years [[Cindy Fuller]], Miss May 1959, has claimed that she was the first Jewish Playmate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/columns/a-considerable-town/icon-love-susan-of-hollywood/10257|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306112929/http://www.laweekly.com/columns/a-considerable-town/icon-love-susan-of-hollywood/10257/|url-status=dead|title=''The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles''|archivedate=March 6, 2008}}</ref>


In an interview in the August 1998 issue of ''[[Femme Fatales (magazine)|Femme Fatales]]'', Bernard revealed, "I was the first under-18 Jewish [[virginity|virgin]] who was in the centerfold placed in front of a [[Christmas tree]]," and that she'd never been nude in front of anyone other than her mother prior to posing for [[Mario Casilli|Casilli]], who had been one of her father's apprentices. Her father was photographer Bruno Bernard.<ref name=pbnov08>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=November 2008|pages=143–144}}</ref> Her husband, although they later divorced, was the late actor/playwright [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]; their son is actor [[Joshua John Miller]].<ref name=pbnov08/>
In an interview in the August 1998 issue of ''[[Femme Fatales (magazine)|Femme Fatales]]'', Bernard revealed, "I was the first under-18 Jewish [[virginity|virgin]] who was in the centerfold placed in front of a [[Christmas tree]]," and that she'd never been nude in front of anyone other than her mother prior to posing for [[Mario Casilli]], who had been one of her father's apprentices.<ref name="Bernard in Femme Fatale">
{{cite journal
| last1 = Scapperotti
| first1 = Dan
| title = Banned in Boston: Bernard of Hollywood
| journal = Femme Fatale
| date = 1 August 1998
| volume = 7
| issue = 3
| pages = 8–31
| publisher = Frederick S. Clark
| location = Forest Park, Illinois
| issn = 1062-3906
}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Her father was photographer Bruno Bernard.<ref name=pbnov08>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=November 2008|pages=143–144}}</ref> Her husband, although they later divorced, was actor/playwright [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]; their son is actor [[Joshua John Miller]].<ref name=pbnov08/>

She died of an apparent heart attack on June 21, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/obituaries/susan-bernard-dies.html|title=Susan Bernard, 71, Dies; Actress and Keeper of a Photographic Legacy|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|date=June 30, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Greg |title=Susan Bernard Dies: 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' Actress, Publisher Of Iconic Hollywood Photo Archive Was 71 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/susan-bernard-dead-faster-pussycat-kill-kill-actress-publisher-iconic-hollywood-photo-archive-1202638352/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=21 May 2021 |date=2019-06-26}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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===Films===
===Films===
* ''[[The Mao Game]]'' (1999)
* ''The Mao Game'' (1999)
* ''[[Teenager (film)|Teenager]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Teenager (film)|Teenager]]'' (1974)
* ''[[The Killing Kind (1973 film)|The Killing Kind]]'' (1973) .... Tina Moore (as Sue Bernard)
* ''[[The Killing Kind (1973 film)|The Killing Kind]]'' (1973) .... Tina Moore (as Sue Bernard)
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{playmate|susan-bernard|Susan Bernard}}
* {{playmate|susan-bernard|Susan Bernard}}{{dead link|date=February 2021}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0076396|name=Susan Bernard}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0076396|name=Susan Bernard}}
* {{Amg name|128919|Susan Bernard}}
* {{Amg name|128919|Susan Bernard}}
* [http://www.marilynintimateexposures.com/about_author.php Profile for her book]
* [http://www.marilynintimateexposures.com/about_author.php Profile for her book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021043555/http://www.marilynintimateexposures.com/about_author.php |date=2019-10-21 }}


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Revision as of 23:55, 22 April 2024

Susan Bernard
Susan Bernard in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Born
Susan Lynn Bernard

(1948-02-11)February 11, 1948
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
DiedJune 21, 2019(2019-06-21) (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Author, businesswoman, actress, model
Spouse
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(m. 1974; div. 1983)​
ChildrenJoshua John Miller
Websitewww.bernardofhollywood.com

Susan Lynn Bernard (February 11, 1948 – June 21, 2019)[1] was an American author, actress, model and businesswoman from Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of photographer Bruno Bernard.[2]

Career

Susan Bernard was the author of six books, including Marilyn: Intimate Exposures, Bernard of Hollywood's Ultimate Pin-Up Book and Joyous Motherhood. She was the president of Bernard of Hollywood/Renaissance Road Incorporated.[3]

Bernard starred in the Russ Meyer film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! in 1965,[4] and in two seasons of General Hospital in the late 1960s.

She appeared in Playboy in December 1966, and was believed to be the first Jewish Playmate of the month, though in recent years Cindy Fuller, Miss May 1959, has claimed that she was the first Jewish Playmate.[5]

In an interview in the August 1998 issue of Femme Fatales, Bernard revealed, "I was the first under-18 Jewish virgin who was in the centerfold placed in front of a Christmas tree," and that she'd never been nude in front of anyone other than her mother prior to posing for Mario Casilli, who had been one of her father's apprentices.[6]

Personal life

Her father was photographer Bruno Bernard.[7] Her husband, although they later divorced, was actor/playwright Jason Miller; their son is actor Joshua John Miller.[7]

She died of an apparent heart attack on June 21, 2019.[8][9]

Bibliography

  • Bernard, Susan (2011). Marilyn: Intimate Exposures. Sterling Signature.
  • Bernard, Susan (2002). Bernard of Hollywood: The Ultimate Pin-Up Book. Taschen.

Filmography

Films

Television

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Playmate data". Retrieved February 5, 2010.
  2. ^ Beggs, Alexandra (2011-09-28). "Marilyn Monroe: The Metamorphosis". Vanity Fair.
  3. ^ Nadler, Art (1996-12-26). "MGM Exhibit To Host Bernard's LV Photos". Las Vegas Sun.
  4. ^ Knolle, Sharon (2012-03-19). "Susan Bernard, 'Marilyn, Intimate Exposures' Author, Looks Back On 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'". The Huffington Post.
  5. ^ "The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles". Archived from the original on March 6, 2008.
  6. ^ Scapperotti, Dan (1 August 1998). "Banned in Boston: Bernard of Hollywood". Femme Fatale. 7 (3). Forest Park, Illinois: Frederick S. Clark: 8–31. ISSN 1062-3906.
  7. ^ a b "Playmate News". Playboy. 55. Playboy: 143–144. November 2008.
  8. ^ Seelye, Katharine Q. (June 30, 2019). "Susan Bernard, 71, Dies; Actress and Keeper of a Photographic Legacy". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Evans, Greg (2019-06-26). "Susan Bernard Dies: 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!' Actress, Publisher Of Iconic Hollywood Photo Archive Was 71". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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