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Susan Ruttan

  • Birthplace: Oregon City, Oregon
  • Birthday: September 16, 1948

An auburn-haired character player, Susan Ruttan perhaps is best remembered for her seven-year stint (1986-93) as the likable but less-than-brilliant good-hearted secretary Roxanne Melman on NBC's "L.A. Law".

Born Susan Dunsrud in Oregon, she was only two years old when her parents divorced and she was sent to live with her paternal grandmother. Following her high school graduation, she joined her mother in Southern California and soon married Green Beret Mel Ruttan who was tragically killed in a motorcycle crash three years after the wedding.…more

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  • 2000

    Made memorable guest appearance as the uncaring mother of Carmen Ferrara (played by Sara Rue) in "Popular" (The WB)

  • 1998

    Had featured role in the movie comedy "Krippendorf's Tribe"

  • 1998

    Supported Ann-Margaret in the Lifetime movie "Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story"

  • 1996

    Appeared on stage in Canada in "Funny Money"

  • 1992

    Cast as Arlene Reed, wife of a Chicago police detective (played by Brian Dennehy) in the NBC miniseries "Deadly Matrimony"

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