Susan Priver

Susan Priver

Susan began her career as a ballet dancer and trained under George Balanchine at School of American Ballet in NewYork City. Her professional career in dance included Eglevsky Ballet in New York City, The Hannover Ballet in Germany and finally the Cleveland Ballet, all of she toured with extensively She settled back in her hometown of Los Angeles and began her acting training with Susan Peretz and Charlie Laughton of the Actors Studio and with Bill Traylor of "The Loft", now known as "The Lost "Studio". After working with members of the Actors Conservatory Ensemble in a well received but small production of John Patrick Shanley's "Savage in Limbo", Susan began supporting herself with odd jobs; namely art modeling and waitressing so she could continue her passion. Since then, Susan has built an extensive resume of dramatic and comedic roles in a variety of contemporary and classic plays on a number of LA stages including The Marylin Monroe theater, The Hudson Backstage, Theater West, The Tiffany, ACT at the Lex, The Gene Dynarski Theater and The Rose, The list includes:the award winning production of "Detective Story" (Best Ensemble), the two character David Mamet play "Reunion" which she won a Drama Logue Award for best performance, Harold Pinter's two character "The Lover", which received a 2003 LA Weekly Best One Act.

Other roles include Lilly Garland in "Twentieth Century" recently performed at the Lillian, Irina in "Idiot's Delight" at the Lillian and Essie in "The Great Sebastions" also at the Lillian. She's also recently appeared in Ceasar and Cleopatra, God of Vengence, Tennesee Williams' "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let me Listen", Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love", Sherwood Schartz' The Trial Of Othello, and Shanley's "Four Dogs and Bone".....to name a few. Susan has appeared in Lucky Louie and has a lead in Mafioso with Leo Rossi and Bobby Costanza, and has worked with Freddy Rodriguez and Marco Leonardi in "My Brother Jack". "What's up, Scarlet?", Susan's first feature that she produced, co-wrote and starred in has been seen all over the festival circuit including the OutFest in LA, Frameline in San Francisco, Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and a host of others in Europe, Canada and Australia. The film also stars Sally Kirkland, Jere Burns and Musetta Vander, and was shown theatrically at Laemmle's Sunset 5.

Movies for Susan Priver...

Dead Mail
Title: Dead Mail
Character: Bess
Released: March 9, 2024
Type: Movie
On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the county post office and onto the desk of Jasper, a seasoned and skilled 'dead letter' investigator, responsible for investigating lost mail and returning it to its sender. As he investigates further, Jasper meets Trent, a strange yet unassuming man who has taken up residence at the men’s home where Jasper lives. When Trent unexpectedly shows up at Jasper’s office, it becomes clear he has a vested interest in the note, and will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
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Christmas Couples Retreat
Title: Christmas Couples Retreat
Character: Rose Rutledge
Released: December 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Three couples head to a retreat to strengthen their relationships, but not everything goes according to plan. For the therapist guiding the retreat has to work through feelings of her own, and one couple's son falls for the manager.
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Scalper
Title: Scalper
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Everyone around psychic Clementine Carter is being brutally murdered by a masked killer dubbed ‘The Scalper.’ Is it dead psycho Andrew Lubitz back from the grave, a copycat killer or a horror beyond imagination? Clementine must use her second sight to stay one step ahead of the maniac’s blade to solve the mystery.
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Pig Killer
Title: Pig Killer
Character: Adrienne
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Inspired by the terrifying story of Robert 'Willy' Pickton, the pig farmer cum prolific lady killer whose horrific crimes shocked the world, PIG KILLER graphically depicts the rape, torture, slaughter and dismemberment of forty-nine young women on a pig farm. With his herculean hog, Balthazar, by his side, Willy and his menagerie of colorful cohorts terrorize Vancouver's seedy downtown until his arrest which uncovered a horrific series of brutal Canadian murders.
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Night Caller
Title: Night Caller
Character: Clementine Carter
Released: May 13, 2022
Type: Movie
Telephone psychic Clementine Carter is pulled into a complex web of mystery when she receives a call from a serial killer. Predicting his murders before he commits them puts her into a terrifying game of cat and mouse. Enlisting the aid of her invalid father and clairvoyant co-worker, they must use their unique abilities to stay one step ahead of a maniac whose unspeakable acts in the present are nothing compared to his past and future.
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Bad Detectives
Title: Bad Detectives
Character: Constance Lane
Released: June 22, 2021
Type: Movie
Called to mourn the passing of their beloved detective grandfathers, Nic O’Connell and Ping Liu soon discover that their deaths were calculated murders. Despite their mutual animosity, the granddaughters enter an uneasy partnership to solve the case.
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Serving Up Richard
Title: Serving Up Richard
Character: Glory Hutchins
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
Everett and Glory Hutchins live in a typical middle class neighborhood. Maybe your neighborhood. The Hutchins have a "guestroom" in their home. It's not exactly a business. It's a hobby. Or.....would you say religion? You see, Everett and Glory are practicing cannibals. It's a proclivity that you can't readily share with friend or neighbor. When Richard Ruebens answers Everett's classified add to buy a classic car, he becomes their latest potential meal. But......Richard has no intention of being a lamb led to slaughter.