Susan Hogan (actress)


Susan Hogan is a Canadian film, television and stage actress.

Background

Born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, she chose to pursue acting as a career after being cast as Abigail in her high school production of The Crucible. She attended the National Theatre School of Canada beginning in 1966. After graduating, she began appearing in theatre productions in Toronto and at the Stratford Festival, although due to her blonde, green-eyed beauty she became typecast in ingenue roles until breaking through to wider notice as Stas in a 1978 production of Pam Gems's play Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi.

Career

In 1979, The Globe and Mail theatre critic Bryan Johnson named Hogan one of the year's best actresses for her performance in John Murrell's Waiting for the Parade.
In 1981, she injured her knee during a preview performance as Kate in a production of The Taming of the Shrew. Although forced to withdraw from a handful of performances, she was able to return to the role.
In 1983, Hogan and her husband Michael Hogan starred together in the CBC Television miniseries Vanderberg as Hank Vanderberg, a Calgary oil magnate, and his wife Elizabeth. In 1991, Hogan appeared in Cynthia Grant and Svetlana Zylin's Djuna: What of the Night with Company of Sirens in Toronto, Ontario.
In 1985, although Gabrielle Lazure physically portrayed the role of Pauline Shapiro in Joshua Then and Now, Hogan overdubbed her voice due to Lazure's lingering Québécois accent. In the same year, she began appearing as Nicole in the drama series Night Heat.
Other roles around this time included Rolling Vengeance, the television film Easy Prey and a guest appearance in Street Legal, while her stage roles included a First Nations spirit in Linda Griffiths's Jessica, Marjorie in a production of William Mastrosimone's Extremities, and as Matilda, opposite her husband as Zastrozzi, in George F. Walker's Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline. However, two weeks into the run of Extremities, she was forced to withdraw from the role after suffering whiplash during the play's opening rape scene, and was replaced by Arlene Mazerolle for the remainder of the show's run.
In 1988, she was a guest co-host of CTV's talk show Lifetime for a week during regular host Liz Grogan's pregnancy leave. Other guest hosts included Maureen McTeer, Dinah Christie and Jayne Eastwood.
In 1989, Hogan appeared in a production of Byron Ayanoglu's Anarchy, was cast in the film Narrow Margin, and filmed an episode of Danger Bay which was planned as a potential backdoor pilot for a new series that would star Hogan as a television journalist and single mother. The series was not picked up.
In 1991, Hogan appeared in her most noted film role, as Marlene in Bordertown Café. In 1993 and 1994, she appeared in the television soap opera Family Passions.
In 1995, she played Regan in a partially gender-reversed production of King Lear, in which Janet Wright played the lead role.

Awards

In 1998, she garnered a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nomination for her performance as Lonnie in a production of Michael MacLennan's Grace. She was nominated in the same category in 2000 for playing Ruella in Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors. She has also received three Leo Award nominations, for Best Actress in a Film in 1998 for Rupert's Land, Best Actress in a Dramatic Series in 1998 for Dead Man's Gun, and Best Supporting Actress in a Film in 2005 for Marker.

Personal life

Susan and Michael Hogan have three children, all of whom are actors; Jennie Rebecca Hogan, Gabriel Hogan and Charlie Hogan.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979An American Christmas CarolHelen BrewsterTV movie
1981, 1985The Littlest HoboReporter / Meg Farrell3 episodes
1983VanderbergElizabeth VanderbergTV miniseries
1985Oakmount HighCarol WebberTelevision film
1985–1987The Little VampireHelga Besker7 episodes
1985–1989Night HeatNicole "Nickie" Rimbaud95 episodes
1986Easy PreyCarol RisicoTV movie
1987Street LegalRuby1 episode
1989Alfred Hitchcock PresentsJoyce Martin1 episode
1990Danger BayAllison Walker1 episode
1990, 1992CounterstrikeBridgetteEpisodes: "A Little Purity" & "Bosnian Connection"
1993Liar, Liar: Between Father and DaughterHelen BrowneTV movie
1993Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesNurse Beaman1 episode
1993–1994Family PassionsLibby McDeere
1994Race to Freedom: The Underground RailroadTV movie
1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden StoryDr Sandra BaldwinTV movie
1995No Greater LoveKate WinfieldTV movie
1995Visitors of the NightDr DillardTV movie
1995EbbieMrs DobsonTV movie
1996Closer and CloserTV movie
1996Golden Will: The Silken Laumann StoryMarilyn CopelandTV movie
1996In Cold BloodMarie DeweyTV miniseries
1996, 1998The Outer LimitsPhoebe Collins / Dr. Marissa Golding / Krenn3 episodes
1997When Danger Follows You HomeAliciaTV movie
1998Dead Man's GunSister KatherineEpisode: "Sisters of Mercy"
1999MillenniumUna Saxum1 episode
2000A Father's ChoiceGayle MillerTV movie
2000Take Me Home: The John Denver StoryIrmaTV movie
2000QuarantineMaddy KempbersTV movie
2001Mysterious WaysCarol1 episode
2004-2006The L WordSharon Fairbanks6 episodes
2005Saving MillySenator BatesTV movie
2005HushFlorenceTV movie
2005Amber Frey: Witness for the ProsecutionSharon RochaTV movie
2006Murder on Pleasant DriveFran SmithTV movie
2007CleavervilleMaggie QuinnTV movie
2007Crossroads: A Story of ForgivenessPrincipal WarrenTV movie
2007It Was One of UsMrs. MonroeTV movie
2007Men in TreesDonna Harrington1 episode
2007–2009Battlestar GalacticaCaptain Doyle Franks3 episodes
2008Whispers and LiesDr. Faye CroftTV movie
2010Lies Between FriendsRebecca ReadTV movie
2010–2011Life UnexpectedEllen Bazile3 episodes
2011Three Weeks, Three KidsKathryn MillsTV movie
2011GoneLouise TurnerTV movie
2011HeartlandGrace Morris1 episode
2011The Pastor's WifeDr. Lynn ZagerTV movie
2012A Very Merry Mix-UpPennyTV movie
2012It's Christmas, Carol!Linda HufflerTV movie
2014The Color of RainMichael's Mother JillTV movie
2014The Christmas SecretJudyTV movie
2016Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, with LoveElizabeth DeanTV movie
2016The Wedding MarchNora WintersTV movie
2016Christmas ListCathyTV movie
2017Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of MurderElizabeth MellonTV movie
2017Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is MurderElizabeth DeanTV movie
2018Frozen in LoveKate CampbellTV movie
2018Wedding March 3: Here Comes the BrideNora WintersTV movie
2018Christmas JoyShirley AndrewsTV movie
2018A Twist of ChristmasAbby's MotherTV movie
2018Welcome to ChristmasNellTV movie
2018Time for Me to Come Home for ChristmasMaeTV movie
2018–2019DC's Legend of TomorrowDorothy Heywood4 episodes
2019My One & OnlyRuth FletcherTV movie
2021Sealed with a Kiss: Wedding March 6NoraTV movie
2021SupergirlMiss Hochschild1 episode
2022Harmony from the HeartMay Anne CarverTV movie