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Susan Hogan (actress)

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Susan Hogan (born 1948) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress.[1]

Susan Hogan
Born1948 (age 77–78)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present
SpouseMichael Hogan
Children3, including Gabriel

Background

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Born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, she chose to pursue acting as a career after being cast as Abigail in her high school production of The Crucible.[2] She attended the National Theatre School of Canada beginning in 1966.[2] After graduating, she began appearing in theatre productions in Toronto and at the Stratford Festival, although due to her blonde, green-eyed beauty she became typecast in ingenue roles until breaking through to wider notice as Stas in a 1978 production of Pam Gems's play Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi.[1]

Career

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In 1979, The Globe and Mail theatre critic Bryan Johnson named Hogan one of the year's best actresses for her performance in John Murrell's Waiting for the Parade.[3]

In 1981, she injured her knee during a preview performance as Kate in a production of The Taming of the Shrew.[4] Although forced to withdraw from a handful of performances, she was able to return to the role.[4]

In 1983, Hogan and her husband Michael Hogan starred together in the CBC Television miniseries Vanderberg as Hank Vanderberg, a Calgary oil magnate, and his wife Elizabeth.[5] In 1991, Hogan appeared in Cynthia Grant and Svetlana Zylin's Djuna: What of the Night with Company of Sirens in Toronto, Ontario.[6]

In 1985, although Gabrielle Lazure physically portrayed the role of Pauline Shapiro in Joshua Then and Now, Hogan overdubbed her voice due to Lazure's lingering Québécois accent.[7] In the same year, she began appearing as Nicole in the drama series Night Heat.[7]

Other roles around this time included Rolling Vengeance, the television film Easy Prey and a guest appearance in Street Legal,[7] while her stage roles included a First Nations spirit in Linda Griffiths's Jessica,[7] Marjorie in a production of William Mastrosimone's Extremities,[8] and as Matilda, opposite her husband as Zastrozzi, in George F. Walker's Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline.[7] However, two weeks into the run of Extremities, she was forced to withdraw from the role after suffering whiplash during the play's opening rape scene, and was replaced by Arlene Mazerolle for the remainder of the show's run.[9]

In 1988, she was a guest co-host of CTV's talk show Lifetime for a week during regular host Liz Grogan's pregnancy leave.[10] Other guest hosts included Maureen McTeer, Dinah Christie and Jayne Eastwood.[10]

In 1989, Hogan appeared in a production of Byron Ayanoglu's Anarchy,[11] was cast in the film Narrow Margin,[12] and filmed an episode of Danger Bay which was planned as a potential backdoor pilot for a new series that would star Hogan as a television journalist and single mother.[13] The series was not picked up.

In 1991, Hogan appeared in her most noted film role, as Marlene in Bordertown Café.[14] In 1993 and 1994, she appeared in the television soap opera Family Passions.[15]

In 1995, she played Regan in a partially gender-reversed production of King Lear, in which Janet Wright played the lead role.[16]

Awards

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In 1998, she garnered a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nomination for her performance as Lonnie in a production of Michael MacLennan's Grace.[17] She was nominated in the same category in 2000 for playing Ruella in Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors.[18] She has also received three Leo Award nominations, for Best Actress in a Film in 1998 for Rupert's Land,[19] Best Actress in a Dramatic Series in 1998 for Dead Man's Gun, and Best Supporting Actress in a Film in 2005 for Marker.

Personal life

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Susan and Michael Hogan have three children, all of whom are actors; Jennie Rebecca Hogan (born in 1971), Gabriel Hogan (born in 1973) and Charlie Hogan (born in 1983).[20]

Filmography

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Film

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Television

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Susan Hogan television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes Ref.
1979 An American Christmas Carol Helen Brewster TV movie [21]
1981, 1985The Littlest HoboReporter / Meg Farrell3 episodes[23]
1983 Vanderberg Elizabeth Vanderberg TV miniseries
1985 Oakmount High Carol Webber Television film [24]
1985–1987 The Little Vampire Helga Besker 7 episodes
1985–1989 Night Heat Nicole "Nickie" Rimbaud 95 episodes [23]
1986Easy PreyCarol RisicoTV movie[21]
1987 Street Legal Ruby 1 episode
1989Alfred Hitchcock PresentsJoyce Martin1 episode[23]
1990 Danger Bay Allison Walker 1 episode [23]
1990, 1992 Counterstrike Bridgette Episodes: "A Little Purity" (S1.E6) & "Bosnian Connection" (S3.E12)
1993Liar, Liar: Between Father and DaughterHelen BrowneTV movie[21]
1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Nurse Beaman 1 episode
1993–1994 Family PassionsLibby McDeere
1994Race to Freedom: The Underground RailroadUnknownTV movie[21]
1994Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden StoryDr Sandra BaldwinTV movie[21]
1995No Greater LoveKate WinfieldTV movie[21]
1995Visitors of the NightDr DillardTV movie[21]
1995EbbieMrs DobsonTV movie[21]
1996Closer and CloserUnknownTV movie[21]
1996Golden Will: The Silken Laumann StoryMarilyn CopelandTV movie[21]
1996In Cold BloodMarie DeweyTV miniseries[21]
1996, 1998The Outer LimitsPhoebe Collins / Dr. Marissa Golding / Krenn3 episodes[23]
1997When Danger Follows You HomeAliciaTV movie[21]
1998Dead Man's GunSister KatherineEpisode: "Sisters of Mercy"[23]
1999MillenniumUna Saxum1 episode[23]
2000A Father's ChoiceGayle MillerTV movie[21]
2000Take Me Home: The John Denver StoryIrmaTV movie[21]
2000QuarantineMaddy KempbersTV movie[21]
2001Mysterious WaysCarol1 episode[23]
2004-2006The L WordSharon Fairbanks6 episodes[25]
2005Saving MillySenator BatesTV movie[21]
2005HushFlorenceTV movie[21]
2005Amber Frey: Witness for the ProsecutionSharon RochaTV movie[21]
2006Murder on Pleasant DriveFran SmithTV movie[21]
2007CleavervilleMaggie QuinnTV movie[21]
2007Crossroads: A Story of ForgivenessPrincipal WarrenTV movie[21]
2007It Was One of UsMrs. MonroeTV movie[21]
2007Men in TreesDonna Harrington1 episode[23]
2007–2009 Battlestar Galactica Captain Doyle Franks 3 episodes
2008Whispers and LiesDr. Faye CroftTV movie[21]
2010Lies Between FriendsRebecca ReadTV movie[21]
2010–2011Life UnexpectedEllen Bazile3 episodes[23]
2011Three Weeks, Three KidsKathryn MillsTV movie[23]
2011GoneLouise TurnerTV movie[21]
2011 Heartland Grace Morris 1 episode
2011The Pastor's WifeDr. Lynn ZagerTV movie[21]
2012A Very Merry Mix-UpPennyTV movie[21]
2012It's Christmas, Carol! Linda HufflerTV movie
2014The Color of RainMichael's Mother JillTV movie[21]
2014The Christmas SecretJudyTV movie[21]
2016Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, with LoveElizabeth DeanTV movie
2016The Wedding MarchNora WintersTV movie[23]
2016Christmas ListCathyTV movie[23]
2017Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of MurderElizabeth MellonTV movie[23]
2017Hailey Dean Mystery: Dating is MurderElizabeth DeanTV movie[21]
2018Frozen in LoveKate CampbellTV movie[23]
2018Wedding March 3: Here Comes the BrideNora WintersTV movie[23]
2018Christmas JoyShirley AndrewsTV movie[23]
2018A Twist of ChristmasAbby's MotherTV movie[21]
2018Welcome to ChristmasNellTV movie[21]
2018Time for Me to Come Home for ChristmasMaeTV movie[21]
2018–2019 DC's Legend of Tomorrow Dorothy Heywood 4 episodes
2019My One & OnlyRuth FletcherTV movie[23]
2021Sealed with a Kiss: Wedding March 6NoraTV movie[23]
2021 Supergirl Miss Hochschild 1 episode
2022Harmony from the HeartMay Anne CarverTV movie[23]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Hogan seeks salvation in wrinkles and lines". The Globe and Mail, April 2, 1977.
  2. 1 2 "Susan Hogan is aiming for an about-face". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 1979.
  3. ↑ "The good, the bad and The Pits." The Globe and Mail, June 16, 1979.
  4. 1 2 "Shrew goes on, Kate or no Kate". The Globe and Mail, February 6, 1981.
  5. ↑ "Vanderberg: a family affair for the Hogans." The Globe and Mail, October 8, 1983.
  6. ↑ Wagner, Vit (1991-05-14). "Djuna a stylish theatre piece: [FIN Edition]". Toronto Star. p. F3. ISSN 0319-0781.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Three busy actresses meet in one play; Night Heat keeps Hogan on move." Ottawa Citizen, October 21, 1986.
  8. ↑ "Susan Hogan coming on strong." Toronto Star, January 25, 1987.
  9. ↑ "Injury forces actress to give up role." The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1987.
  10. 1 2 "McTeer to co-host CTV's Lifetime". Toronto Star, December 31, 1987.
  11. ↑ "Anarchy and Crumpets". Toronto Star, January 25, 1989.
  12. ↑ "Susan Hogan lands a berth on A-train to stardom". Toronto Star, May 25, 1989.
  13. ↑ "Taking off from Danger Bay." The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1989.
  14. ↑ "Cafe connects cultures". Calgary Herald, November 27, 1991.
  15. ↑ "As the Leaves turn? Days of Our leaves?; Nope, the newest made-in Canada soap opera is...Family passions." Ottawa Citizen, March 26, 1994.
  16. ↑ "No gender rules for Rose's King Lear." Toronto Star, March 19, 1995.
  17. ↑ "Joey really Shines at Jessie nominations". The Province, May 14, 1998.
  18. ↑ "Stage classics, new works compete for Jessie Awards". Vancouver Sun, May 24, 2000.
  19. ↑ "Da Vinci's Inquest, Rupert's Land top B.C. TV and film awards list". Vancouver Sun, April 21, 1999.
  20. ↑ "Now starring in their own home; Playmates as children, actors come from theatrical families." Toronto Star, February 9, 2008.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 "Susan Hogan: Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  22. 1 2 3 "Susan Hogan". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Susan Hogan". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media / NBCUniversal. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  24. ↑ Bill Taylor, "Lies my teacher told me". Toronto Star, December 7, 1985.
  25. ↑ "Susan Hogan". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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