Susan Priver
Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
A twisted true crime nightmare where serial killer granny Dorothea Puente lures the vulnerable, kills without remorse, and buries secrets in her garden. Evil wears a smile. You’ll never trust kindness again.
Dorothea
The horrifying true story of Ed Kemper, a cunning and sadistic serial killer shaped by childhood abuse, whose charm masked his grotesque obsession with murder, mutilation, and the ultimate act of revenge on his mother.
Ed Kemper
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.
Scalper
An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.
Dead Mail
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.
Pig Killer
Renowned oneirologist Ambrose London is requested to appear at Arkham Asylum to study the strange case of dissociative identity disorder in patient James Fhelleps/Joe Slater.
Unspeakable: Beyond The Wall of Sleep
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.
Bad Detectives
Los Angeles, 1980. Beneath the glittering lights of the Sunset Strip, a horrifying tale of obsession and bloodshed unfolds. Carol Bundy, a lonely nurse, crosses paths with Doug Clark, a charming but dangerously unstable man. Drawn into his web of deceit and depravity, Carol's quiet existence spirals into a nightmare she never imagined.
Sunset Strip Killers
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.
Night Caller
Scarlet is a single, workaholic Los Angeles matchmaker with no love life. Scarlet's mother is constantly trying to fix her up, to Scarlet's chagrin. Everything changes when homeless actress Sabrina crashes into her car, and into her life.
What's Up, Scarlet?
A brutally honest dog psychiatrist, Dr. Fluffy, skips town when her patient is accused of killing their cheating husband and Dr. Fluffy thinks she's to blame.
Dog Fugitive
The new hire and black membership desk assistant at an exclusive museum becomes a special part of the membership experience and questions his new role when staff and visitors obsess over him and his hair rather than the art on the walls.
The Fairchild
Jennie joins an exclusive college study group for influential young women, but soon discovers that there's a price to pay to stay in the sisterhood.
Sisterhood of Secrets
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.
Serving Up Richard
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.