Susan Douglas Rubes(1925-2013)
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
As an actress, Susan Rubes has enjoyed a Broadway career where she won
the Donaldson Award for best supporting actress in 1946. Breaking into
American TV she played the character "Kathy" for 10 years on the
daytime drama, Guiding Light (1952). Moving to Canada with her actor husband,
Jan Rubes, she continued her acting career and also found time to return
time to her profession by founding the Young Peoples Theatre in 1965.
In 1979, she became head of Radio Drama for C.B.C. (Canadian
Broadcasting Corp) Drama Canada. She was a Board member of the St.
Lawrence Centre in Toronto and the Ontario Arts Council. She was
awarded the Order of Canada in 1977 and was Woman of the Year of the
Toronto B'nai Brith in 1979.
