SUSAN KELLER
Susan
Keller
is a fifth-generation Californian whose career has taken her across North
America. Playing the role of Venus in the Canadian Opera Company’s
production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the
Underworld, Susan toured 42 states and all the Canadian provinces and
territories. She remained in Canada
as a panelist on the long-running and acclaimed CBC-Television show, This Is
the Law. She also appeared in cabaret shows and revues (in the premier
of Gilbert and Sullivan Tonite!, with the Canadian production of In
Gay Company, in Take a Beaver to Lunch (with celebrated Canadian
humorist Dave Broadfoot); she explored comedy (as a member of Toronto's Second
City), theater (Becky Lou in The Tooth of Crime at Toronto’s Tarragon
Theatre, Hypatia in Misalliance at the Shaw Festival, and Marianne in The
Miser with the Philadelphia Drama Guild, among others), and TV drama
(starring in More Joy in Heaven with John Vernon and in the award-winning
series, The Collaborators). She made her feature film debut as the lead
in The Clown Murders, opposite John Candy playing his first dramatic
role.
Susan’s
career remained equally varied after she returned to California. She co-hosted
Mid-Morning LA for KHJ-TV; she was a regular on Days of Our
Lives, a guest on numerous TV comedy and drama series (including the
"Who Shot JR" episode of Dallas), and she co-starred with Dick
Sargent in ANTA-West’s premier of Gog and Magog at the Coronet Theatre. She pursued an award-winning song-writing
career, created comedy and vocal showcases for LA clubs, and she acted as
spokeswoman for an eclectic assortment of commercial products. This
last activity ultimately paid Susan's way through UCLA Law School, and she
practiced entertainment law prior to moving to Santa Barbara.