L'actrice Susan Buckner, qui incarnait Patty Simcox dans "Grease", est morte

L’actrice américaine, célèbre pour avoir incarné à l’écran la pom-pom girl Patty Simcox dans le film “Grease” est morte à l’âge de 72 ans.

L’actrice Susan Buckner à Santa Monica, le 19 septembre 2006.

L’actrice américaine Susan Buckner, célèbre pour avoir incarné à l’écran la pom-pom girl Patty Simcox aux côtés d’Olivia Newton-John et John Travolta dans le film Grease est morte à l’âge de 72 ans.

Dans un communiqué transmis aux médias américains, son agent Melissa Berthier précise que la comédienne s’est éteinte “paisiblement”, le 2 mai dernier, “entourée de ses proches”.

“La lumière qu’elle apportait dans chaque pièce nous manquera à jamais”, a déclaré la fille de Susan Buckner, Samantha Mansfield, auprès du magazine People. “Elle était magique et j’ai eu la chance de l’appeler ma meilleure amie”.

Reine de beauté et carrière à la télévision

Née à Seattle, en 1952, Susan Buckner a commencé sa carrière en tant que reine de beauté. En 1971, elle est ainsi couronnée Miss Washington et s’offre une place parmi les dix dernières candidates encore en lice du concours Miss Amercia en 1972.

Susan Buckner fait ses débuts dans le monde du spectacle grâce aux Golddiggers, un groupe de chant et de danse exclusivement féminin qu’elle intègre dans l’émission télévisée américaine The Dean Martin Show.

Si elle joue ensuite dans de nombreux programmes télés tels que The Brady Bunch Hour ou When the Whistle Blows c’est en 1978, que l’actrice connaît le succès au cinéma grâce au film Grease dans lequel elle incarne le personnage de Patty Simcox.

Outre Grease, Susan Buckner est également apparue dans le film d’horreur La Ferme de la terreur de Wes Craven en 1981 aux côtés de Sharon Stone, ainsi que dans Police Academy 6, en 1989.

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