Susanne Benton

Susanne Benton née Hildur born February 3 1948 is a retired Canadian actress known for her film roles as General Dreedles WAC in Catch22 1970 and Quilla June Holmes in A Boy and His Dog 1975 In 1972 she appeared in the Andy Griffith film The Strangers in 7A credited under her birth name Susanne Hildur She also used that name when appearing in an episode of Barnaby Jones a year later in 1973 Susanne Hildur was born in Toronto Ontario Canada Her father who raised her was a jazz pianist Bentons mother left the family after she separated from her husband when Benton was two She became convinced at the age of six that she would become a major star However she also reportedly believed that she would die before she reached her 28th birthday In adulthood she was eventually reunited with her mother and lived for a year with her in Canada During her early roles she refused to disrobe for her parts despite the requests of her Universal Studios bosses However she posed nude for a multipage pictorial in the May 1970 Playboy magazine She often expressed the need to walk and felt unwell when she couldnt walk due to working on set She married James Benton in 1966 which ended in divorce She later married David Rudich