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Best-remembered for her La quatrième dimension (1959) episode, The Fugitive (1962), in which she befriends a kind old man (played by J. Pat O'Malley) who possesses magic powers.

Susan's film debut was quite by accident. Her father was directing La révolte des poupées (1958). The young girl who was cast in the role of the little Girl Scout with the broken dolly became ill. Susan filled in and the results of her one day of work had Hollywood agents buzzing.

Is interred at Kedumim Cemetery in Kedumim, Israel.

Starred in a live TV performance of Miracle on 34th Street (1959), alongside Ed Wynn in 1959.

Worked frequently with child actor Charles Herbert. They later became friends.

After decades of retirement, she performed in an off, off Broadway production showcase in the early millennium.

In Danny Kaye's Millionnaire de cinq sous (1959), Susan had to sing, as her character Dorothy Nichols at age 6. As her character grew, Tuesday Weld stepped in to portray Dorothy at 13. Susan won the role over a group of 500 other girls.

She was survived by her parents Bert I. Gordon (1922-2023) and Flora M. Gordon (1925-2016).

The daughter of Bert I. Gordon and Flora M. Gordon, Susan Gordon's father was of Russian Jewish descent and her mother was of Austrian Jewish descent. She was two when she made her first commercial in Minnesota. It was for her father and was a chocolate candy commercial. Neither of her parents wanted her to enter show business but eventually acquiesced.

Attended the 2006 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, August 12-13, 2006. Attended the 2007 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, August 4-5, 2007.