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- Birth namePatsy Sloots
- The lovely blonde actress, Susan Shaw, was groomed by the Rank Organisation in England for a career in film in the 40s and 50s. She was born on August 29, 1929 in West Norwood, England. Susan was at her best when cast in a role as a pretty young slip of a girl with her nose in the air. After a marriage to actor Albert Lieven, with whom she had a daughter, Susan married the American actor Bonar Colleano, known for his roles as the wisecracking Yank in British films. The two made a handsome couple, Susan with her petite blondeness and Bonar with his loud mouth and dark good looks. They had a child together, Mark Colleano, in 1955, before her husband died in a tragic road accident in 1958. After Bonar died, she was never the same and spent the rest of her life battling a drinking problem until her death in 1978. Her husband's mother became the legal guardian of her little boy and groomed him for an acting career. As a child star, Mark went on to star opposite Rock Hudson in "Hornets' Nest", as a 14-year-old Italian youth.
- IMDb mini biography by: jstewart@directnet.com
- SpousesRonald Rowson(November 27, 1959 - October 14, 1960) (divorced)Albert Lieven(1949 - 1953) (divorced, 1 child)Bonar Colleano(? - August 17, 1958) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- Susan Shaw died penniless in 1978 and her funeral was paid for by the Rank Organisation.
- Mother, with husband Bonar Colleano, of Mark Colleano.
- Maternal grandmother of British rugby player Toby Flood.
- Mother, with ex-husband Albert Lieven, of a daughter.
- Her father was a Dutch bandleader.
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