Susan Damante Explained

Susan Damante
Birth Name:	Susan Jean Damante
Other Names:	Susan Damante-Shaw
Birth Date:	17 June 1950
Birth Place:	Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Years Active:	1972–2007
Children:	Vinessa Shaw Natalie Shaw

Susan Damante (born June 17, 1950; formally credited as Susan Damante-Shaw) is an American actress who has starred in various films and television programs. She is the mother of Vinessa Shaw and Natalie Shaw (both actresses).^[1]

Personal life

Damante is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of Soka Gakkai International.^[2] She suffers from Crohn's disease.^[2]

Partial filmography

• Blood Sabbath (1972)
• Emergency! TV series 2 episodes (1972)
• The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
• The Student Teachers (1973)
• The Photographer (1974)
• The Rockford Files TV series 1 episode (1974)
• The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
• Columbo

Troubled Waters (1975)

• Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
• Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
• Dallas (1982)
• Falcon Crest TV series 3 episodes (1986)
• Ladybugs (1992)
• No Easy Way (1996)
• Coyote Summer (1996)

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080714051425/http://stars.ign.com/articles/887/887703p1.html Vinessa Shaw
2. Book: Damante, Susan. The Buddha Next Door: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories. 199–203. Gaudioso, Zan. Martin, Greg. Middleway Press. 2012. Santa Monica, California. 978-1-938-25204-4.