Susan Luckey obit

Report: Actress Susan Luckey Dies at 74

She starred as a youngster in the famed movie musicals “Carousel” and “The Music Man.”

 She was not on the list.

Susan Luckey, who played young daughters in the classic movie musicals Carousel and The Music Man, died Nov. 29 at her home in Los Angeles, TMZ reported Wednesday. She was 74.

Luckey starred as Billy Bigelow’s (Gordon MacRae) kid in Carousel (1956) and as Zaneeta, Mayor Shinn’s (Paul Ford) daughter, in The Music Man (1962). In one memorable scene in Music Man, she kissed Timmy Everett while hanging upside down on a jungle gym.

Luckey’s last movie role was a small part in Step Out of Your Mind (1966).

She was married to actor Larry Douglas from 1964 until his death in 1996.

On Broadway in the 1950s, Luckey performed in the stage musicals Peter Pan and Take Me Along. She also appeared in the 1957 telefilm Annie Get Your Gun and the series The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.

Luckey was born in Hollywood, California, where her father was a sound editor in the film industry. She graduated in 1956 from Hollywood Professional School. Luckey had a romance with race car driver Jack Martin while in her early teens

Survivors include her daughter Shayna.

 

Actress

Step Out of Your Mind

Lucia Brand

1966

 

Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford, Hermione Gingold, Shirley Jones, Pert Kelton, and Robert Preston in The Music Man (1962)

The Music Man

Zaneeta Shinn

1962

 

Annie Get Your Gun (1957)

Annie Get Your Gun

Winnie Tate

TV Movie

1957

 

Greer Garson and Florenz Ames in Telephone Time (1956)

Telephone Time

Laura Lockwood Madeleine de Vercheres

TV Series

1956–1957

2 episodes

 

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Madeline Craig

TV Series

1956

2 episodes

 

Ginger Rogers, Warren Berlinger, Lili Gentle, Diane Jergens, Betty Lou Keim, Michael Rennie, and Rusty Swope in Teenage Rebel (1956)

Teenage Rebel

Madeleine Johnson (uncredited)

1956

 

The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955)

The 20th Century-Fox Hour

Gretchen

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

Carousel (1956)

Carousel

Louise Bigelow

1956

 

Producers' Showcase (1954)

Producers' Showcase

Indian (as Suzanne Luckey)

TV Series

1955

1 episode

 

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Deep in My Heart

Arabella Bell (uncredited)

1954