Susan Damante

American actress

Larry Shaw

(m. 1974; div. 2004)

ChildrenVinessa Shaw
Natalie Shaw

Susan Damante (born June 17, 1950; formally credited as Susan Damante-Shaw) is an American actress who has starred in various films and television programs. She is the mother of Vinessa Shaw and Natalie Shaw (both actresses).^[1]

Personal life

Damante is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of Soka Gakkai International.^[2] She suffers from Crohn's disease.^[2]

Partial filmography

Blood Sabbath (1972)
Emergency! TV series 2 episodes (1972)
The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
The Student Teachers (1973)
The Photographer (1974)
The Rockford Files TV series 1 episode (1974)
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
Columbo: Troubled Waters (1975)
Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978)
Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
Dallas (1982)
Falcon Crest TV series 3 episodes (1986)
Ladybugs (1992)
No Easy Way (1996)
Coyote Summer (1996)

References

^ Vinessa Shaw
^ ^a ^b Damante, Susan (2012). Gaudioso, Zan; Martin, Greg (eds.). The Buddha Next Door: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories. Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press. pp. 199–203. ISBN 978-1-938-25204-4.