Susan Gordon

Susan Lynn Gordon July 27 1949 December 11 2011 was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as The Twilight Zone My Three Sons and The Donna Reed Show Gordon was born in Saint Paul Minnesota the daughter of film director Bert I Gordon and his wife Flora Lang Susan began her career at age eight as a lastminute substitute for another young actress in 1958s Attack of the Puppet People directed by her father who subsequently directed her in three additional films The Boy and the Pirates Tormented both 1960 and 1966s Picture Mommy Dead her final film In 1959 she acted and sang in the semibiographical film The Five Pennies playing the daughter of musician composer and bandleader Red Nichols portrayed by Danny Kaye On television Gordon appeared in The Twilight Zone episode The Fugitive as Jenny a child with a leg brace who befriends an alien Other series included Gunsmoke Alfred Hitchcock Presents My Three Sons The Danny Thomas Show Route 66 Ben Casey 77 Sunset Strip and The Donna Reed Show On November 27 1959 Gordon appeared in the live NBC Television broadcast of Miracle on 34th Street