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'''Susan Shaw''' (29 August 1929{{spaced ndash}}27 November 1978) was an English actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f133e4e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803165241/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f133e4e|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2012|title=Susan Shaw|work=BFI}}</ref>

==Biography==
Shaw was born '''Patsy Sloots''' in West Norwood, London. She had wanted to become a dress designer and was working as a typist at the Ministry for Information when she did a screen test for the [[J. Arthur Rank|J. Arthur Rank Organisation]].<ref>Mr Attlee has a chance to tell us the latest score
Date: Tuesday, 29 August 1950 Publication: ''Daily Mail'' (London, England) Issue: 16935 p 2</ref> They signed her to a term contract and trained her at its [[The Company of Youth|"charm school"]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/susan-shaw-p64951|title=Susan Shaw – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie|work=AllMovie}}</ref>

She had a bit part in the musical ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'' (1946) and a larger part in another musical, ''[[Walking on Air (1946 film)|Walking on Air]]'' (1946).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/susan-shaw/credits/175791|title=Susan Shaw | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peter-noble-1247788.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peter-noble-1247788.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Peter Noble|date=29 August 1997|website=The Independent}}</ref> She had a small role in ''[[The Upturned Glass]]'' (1947) and ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]'' (1947). Shaw was in ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]]'' (1947) which introduced the Huggett family, although she did not play a Huggett.

Shaw was given her most noticeable role to date in ''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1947) for Ealing. She had another decent support part in ''[[My Brother's Keeper (film)|My Brother's Keeper]]'' (1948) at Gainsborough and ''[[London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948), in the latter replacing [[Pat Roc]] who pulled out.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230551834 |title=FILM NEWS FROM ENGLAND AND AMERICA |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=11,818 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=11 December 1947 |accessdate=28 September 2020 |page=32 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===Leading lady===
Shaw's first lead came in ''[[To the Public Danger]]'' (1948) a short feature directed by [[Terence Fisher]]. She had a role in one of the segments of ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]'' (1948) then when [[Sydney Box]] decided to make a film series out of the Huggett family with [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], Shaw was cast as Susan Huggett. There were three in the series: ''[[Here Come the Huggetts]]'' (1948), ''[[Vote for Huggett]]'' (1948) and ''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]'' (1949).<ref name=carryon>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&dq=susan+shaw+actress+the+huggetts&pg=PT844|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|date=19 October 2011}}</ref> Shaw was the female lead in the comedies ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949) and ''[[Marry Me (1949 film)|Marry Me]]'' (1949) and one of many actors in ''[[Train of Events]]'' (1949).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231070556 |title=Margaret Aylwards |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=2399 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 April 1949 |accessdate=28 September 2020 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She was by now one of the busiest young actors in Britain.<ref>Author: Cecil Wilson Date: Thursday, 11 November 1948 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 16379 p 2</ref>

Shaw played support in some thrillers – ''[[Waterfront (1950 film)|Waterfront]]'' (1950),<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55184160 |title=Susan Shaw |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=17 |issue=44 |location=Australia |date=8 April 1950 |accessdate=28 September 2020 |page=45 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''[[The Woman in Question]]'' (1950) – before returning to leads in ''[[Pool of London (film)|Pool of London]]'' (1951) with [[Bonar Colleano]]. Her marriage to [[Albert Lieven]], with whom she had a daughter, ended in divorce in 1953, and in 1954, she married Colleano.<ref name=carryon/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130816800 |title=JOHN MILES LOOKS AT: NEW FILMS IN TOWN |newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|News]] |volume=59 |issue=9,036 |location=South Australia |date=25 July 1952 |accessdate=28 September 2020 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>"Colleano, British Actor, Weds", ''New York Times'' 11 January 1954: 19.</ref>

Shaw began to appear on television in ''[[One Man's Family]]'' (1951) and a BBC version of ''[[The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (play)|The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse]]'' (1951).<ref>No Surprises — But Still a Favourite
Author: J. Stubbs Walker Date: Monday, 28 May 1951
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 17165 p 2</ref> She was the female lead in some Bs: ''[[There Is Another Sun]]'' (1951), ''[[Wide Boy (film)|Wide Boy]]'' (1952), ''[[A Killer Walks]]'' (1952), ''[[The Large Rope]]'' (1953), and ''[[Small Town Story (film)|Small Town Story]]'' (1953). On TV she did ''Count Your Blessings'' (1953). In April 1951 the ''Daily Mail'' listed Shaw on a poll from over 2,000 readers as one of the most popular British female actors in the country (after [[Anna Neagle]], Jean Simmons, Jean Kent, Glynis Johns, Greer Garson, Petula Clark, Margaret Rutherford and Patricia Dainton, and in front of Jane Wyman.<ref>Anna Neagle, John Mills are top stars
Author: By Daily Mail Reporter Date: Saturday, 14 April 1951
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 17128 p 3</ref>)

She supported in some "A" films, such as ''[[The Intruder (1953 film)|The Intruder]]'' (1953) and ''[[The Good Die Young]]'' (1954) as well as ''[[Time Is My Enemy]]'' (1954) and played leads in ''[[Stolen Time]]'' (1955), ''[[Stock Car (film)|Stock Car]]'' (1955), ''[[Fire Maidens from Outer Space]]'' (1956), the comedy ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]'' (1958), ''[[The Diplomatic Corpse]]'' (1958), and ''[[Chain of Events]]'' (1958) as well as the TV play ''You Can't Have Everything'' (1958).

===Later career===
In 1958, Colleano was killed in a traffic collision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/250/Susan+Shaw/register.php|title=Susan Shaw – The Private Life and Times of Susan Shaw. Susan Shaw Pictures.|work=glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com}}</ref><ref>FLASHBACK: How the Liverpool Daily Post reported accident forgotten crash site of tragic film star: Campaign for plaque to remember Bonar Colleano
Hughes, Lorna. Liverpool Echo; Liverpool (UK), 12 February 2017: 4.</ref><ref>Car Accident Fatal to Actor Bonar Colleano
''Los Angeles Times'' 18 August 1958: 2.</ref> Shortly before Colleano's death, the actor admitted he had liabilities of nearly £10,000 due to extravagant living.<ref>How a Star Gets in Trouble over Tax
Author: By Daily Mail Reporter Date: Wednesday, 21 May 1958
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 19309 p 3</ref> He and Shaw had a son Mark born in 1955.

In November 1959 Shaw married TV producer Ronald Rowson.<ref>Bonar Colleano's mother joins a happy marriage
Author: Paul Tanfield Date: Monday, 16 November 1959
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 19772 p 14</ref><ref>Susan's sunny honeymoon
Date: Saturday, 28 November 1959
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 19783 p 5</ref> The marriage ended officially in November 1960, Rowson claiming that Shaw had been unfaithful to him within two months of their marriage with writer [[Stanley Mann]].<ref>Marriage No 3 ends for Susan Shaw
Date: Friday, 18 November 1960
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 20085 p 9</ref>

Badly affected by Colleano's death, Shaw began to drink heavily, and unable to care for her son Mark (born 1955) because of her emerging [[alcoholism]], she gave him to his paternal grandmother to raise.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/15/newsid_3245000/3245079.stm|title=BBC ON THIS DAY – 15 – 1958: Film stars raise cash for Colleano|work=bbc.co.uk|date=15 December 1958}}</ref>

She resumed her career, appearing in ''[[Carry on Nurse]]'' (1959) and ''[[The Big Day (1960 film)|The Big Day]]'' (1960) and episodes of ''All Aboard'' (1959), ''Suspense'' (1960), ''Richard the Lionheart'' (1962), and ''No Hiding Place'' (1962). Her last films were ''[[Stranglehold (1963 film)|Stranglehold]]'' (1963) and ''[[The Switch (1963 film)|The Switch]]'' (1963).

She wound up living alone and broke in Soho. She died of [[cirrhosis of the liver]] and was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]], North London. Her old friends were going to pay for the funeral but then the Rank Organisation stepped in to do it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/articles/183-184-the-sad-story-of-susan-shaw.html|title=184: The Sad Story of Susan Shaw|work=norwoodsociety.co.uk}}</ref> "When we heard of the circumstances of her death we felt it was the least we could do," said a spokesman from the Rank Organisation. Charlie Stevenson, landlord of the Swiss Tavern in Old Compton Street, said, "She came in here every day. They say she died of cirrhosis of the liver and she lived next door to prostitutes in Soho. But this is Soho. We all live next door to prostitutes. We loved her and we weren't going to see her buried in a pauper's grave. Now we shall give the money to medical charities."<ref>Soho bids farewell to a fallen star
Date: Saturday, 2 December 1978
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 25657 p. 3</ref>

==Critical assessment==
The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praise the "sulky, spiky tenacity that differentiated her from many of her contemporaries".<ref>Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, ''The British 'B' Film'', Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 184.</ref>

==Filmography==
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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|rowspan=2|1946
| ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]''
| Extra
| Uncredited
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| ''Walking on Air''
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|rowspan=4|1947
| ''[[The Upturned Glass]]''
| 2nd Girl Student
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|-
| ''[[Holiday Camp (film)|Holiday Camp]]''
| Patsy Crawford
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|-
| ''[[Jassy (film)|Jassy]]''
| Cecily
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]''
| Vi Sandigate
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|-
|rowspan=5|1948
| ''[[My Brother's Keeper (film)|My Brother's Keeper]]''
| Beryl
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|-
| ''[[London Belongs to Me]]''
| Doris Josser
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|-
| ''[[To the Public Danger]]''
| Nancy Bedford
| Short
|-
| ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]''
| Betty Baker
| (segment "The Kite")
|-
| ''[[Here Come the Huggetts]]''
|rowspan=2|Susan Huggett
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|-
|rowspan=5|1949
| ''[[Vote for Huggett]]''
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|-
| ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]''
| Primrose Brown
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|-
| ''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]''
| Susan Huggett
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|-
| ''[[Marry Me! (1949 film)|Marry Me!]]''
| Pat Cooper
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|-
| ''[[Train of Events]]''
| Doris Hardcastle
| (segment "The Engine Driver")
|-
|rowspan=2|1950
| ''[[Waterfront (1950 film)|Waterfront]]''
| Connie McCabe
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|-
| ''[[The Woman in Question]]''
| Catherine Taylor
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|-
|rowspan=2|1951
| ''[[Pool of London (film)|Pool of London]]''
| Pat
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|-
| ''[[There Is Another Sun]]''
| Lillian
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|-
| 1952
| ''[[Wide Boy (film)|Wide Boy]]''
| Molly
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|-
|rowspan=3|1953
| ''[[The Intruder (1953 film)|The Intruder]]''
| Tina
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|-
| ''[[The Large Rope]]''
| Susan Hamble
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|-
| ''[[Small Town Story (film)|Small Town Story]]''
| Patricia Lane
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|-
|rowspan=2|1954
| ''[[The Good Die Young]]''
| Doris
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|-
| ''[[Time Is My Enemy]]''
| Evelyn Gower
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|-
|rowspan=2|1955
| ''[[Stolen Time]]''
| Carole Carlton
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|-
| ''[[Stock Car (film)|Stock Car]]''
| Gina
|
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Fire Maidens from Outer Space]]''
| Hestia
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1958
| ''[[Davy (film)|Davy]]''
| Gwen
|
|-
| ''[[The Diplomatic Corpse]]''
| Jenny Drew
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|-
| ''[[Chain of Events]]''
| Jill Mason
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|-
| 1959
| ''[[Carry On Nurse]]''
| Mrs Jane Bishop
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|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Big Day (1960 film)|The Big Day]]''
| Phyllis Selkirk
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|-
|rowspan=2|1963
| ''Stranglehold''
| Actress
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|-
| ''[[The Switch (1963 film)|The Switch]]''
| Search officer
| (final film role)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Leslie Halliwell]], ''Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies'', 14th edition, 2001, edited by John Walker, published by [[HarperCollins]]. {{ISBN|0-06-093507-3}}

==External links==
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