Susan Spencer
Susan Spencer is an American television news reporter and correspondent for 48 Hours Mystery.
Spencer was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1968 with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. The following year, Spencer completed her Master's in Journalism.
Career
In 1971-1972, Spencer worked as a researcher for CBS-owned WCBS-TV in New York. She was also a writer and producer for public affairs broadcast at WKPC-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1972-1977, Spencer worked for Minneapolis-based CBS station WCCO-TV, where she was reporter and co-anchor. She joined CBS News' Washington bureau in 1977 and became a correspondent in 1978. In 1986, she was named medical correspondent for CBS News. From 1987 through 1988, she was a substitute anchor and from 1988 through 1989, anchor of the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News. In 1989, she reported on the death of Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Tiananmen Square protests. A year later, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Spencer reported major international events such as the Persian Gulf War.
'Susan Spencer' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane (2013)
Actors: James Francis Andrews (actor), Sean Baker (actor), Sam Barnard (actor), Neal Barry (actor), Mark Bazeley (actor), William Beck (actor), Alexander Bracq (actor), Nick Caldecott (actor), Paddy Considine (actor), Shaun Dingwall (actor), Justin Edwards (actor), Andy Gathergood (actor), Jody Halse (actor), Christopher Harper (actor), Brett Allen (actor),
Plot: Whicher,retired from the police after his failure to solve the Road Hill House case,encounters Susan Spencer in a rough tavern,seeking her niece Mary,who came to London to find Stephen Gann,father of her baby. Soon afterwards Mary is found slain and the child missing and Whicher offers to help Susan find the killer. The baby is located at a home for unwed mothers,run by Reverend Marlow,who believes Mary went after Stephen,who rejected her. Whicher learns that Stephen's father was hung for murdering Susan's father though Mary knew nothing about it. Stephen and an opportunistic thief are the main murder suspects but Stephen convinces Whicher that he was the intended victim as he was about to hear important news from his grandfather Joshua,now in an insane asylum. Whicher inveigles his way into the asylum to speak to Joshua and,in solving the case,uncovers dark secrets in the Gann and Spencer families as well as betrayal by a corrupt policeman.
Genres: Crime,Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Actors: Phillip Barnes (actor), Baynes Barron (actor), Larry Barton (actor), Edward Binns (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Philip Bourneuf (actor), William Boyett (actor), Benny Burt (actor), Dick Cherney (actor), Myron Cook (actor), Anthony De Mario (actor), George DeNormand (actor), Mike Donovan (actor), Charles Evans (actor), Dana Andrews (actor),
Plot: Investigative reporter Tom Garrett is on leave from his newspaper job to work on his second novel. As Tom is having problems writing that second book, his boss and future father-in-law, newspaper publisher Austin Spencer, suggests he write a non-fiction book on capital punishment in their state instead. Both Austin and Tom have long believed that the state district attorney, Roy Thompson, has been able to manipulate juries into rendering wrongful guilty verdicts leading to the deaths of innocent people on death row. The plan would be to plant evidence leading to a guilty verdict of an innocent person in a murder case, Tom to be that innocent person. Austin and Tom would document all that planted evidence, and make it public after the rendering of the guilty verdict to reverse that wrongful verdict and hopefully lead to discussion of the merits of abolishing capital punishment. They decide that the fewer people that know about the plan, the better, which means not telling Tom's fiancée/Austin's daughter, Susan Spencer, about the plan. They are certain that the plan will not jeopardize Susan and Tom's ultimate marriage. They decide that the unsolved murder of burlesque dancer Patty Gray will be the case they use. As Tom and Austin go about implementing their plan, they don't account for two items which ultimately do place Tom's life in jeopardy. Saving Tom's life may in part may depend on the support of Susan, which may not be as easy to obtain as expected.
Keywords: assistant-district-attorney, blonde, body-makeup, broken-engagement, burlesque, camera, capital-punishment, car-accident, car-fire, circumstantial-evidenceGenres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir,
Taglines: Put them all together they spell M-U-R-D-E-R ! What kind of man would frame himself for MURDER?
Quotes:
Austin Spencer: [to Garrett] You get engaged to my daughter, and all you can think about is capital punishment?Tom Garrett: [to Spencer] It's a weird, crazy idea, but that's the reason it intrigues me.
Terry Larue: [about Garrett] How much do you know about that guy?::Dolly Moore: He's the best score I've made in a long time.
Dolly Moore: [about Garrett] This guy's got a lot of class.::Terry Larue: Yeah? If he's got so much class, what's he doin' with you?
Roy Thompson: Nothing about this case will be dead until Garrett is executed.
Spencer, Susan Filmography
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2011, role: actress , character name: Lori
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2009, role: actress
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2009, role: actress , character name: Assassin
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2008, role: actress , character name: Nurse Matteo
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2008, role: actress
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2007, role: actress , character name: Parent
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2007, role: actress , character name: Victim
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2007, role: actress , character name: Secretary
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2007, role: actress , character name: Nurse Matteo
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2006, role: actress , character name: Nurse
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2006, role: actress , character name: Peterson Daughter #2
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2006, role: actress , character name: Juror
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2005, role: actress , character name: Agent Torres
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2005, role: actress , character name: Woman in bar
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2005, role: actress , character name: Nurse
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2004, role: actress , character name: Party girl
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2002, role: actress , character name: Tap Dancer
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