Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born 13 May 1949) is a British-American actress, best known for her role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family. Each of her appearances on Broadway has led to her nomination for a Tony award, including in 2008 her performance in Awake and Sing!.
Wanamaker was born in New York City, the daughter of actress and radio performer Charlotte Holland (died 1997), and actor, film director, and radio producer Sam Wanamaker, who decided...
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Zoë Wanamaker CBE (born 13 May 1949) is a British-American actress, best known for her role as Susan Harper in the sitcom My Family. Each of her appearances on Broadway has led to her nomination for a Tony award, including in 2008 her performance in Awake and Sing!.
Wanamaker was born in New York City, the daughter of actress and radio performer Charlotte Holland (died 1997), and actor, film director, and radio producer Sam Wanamaker, who decided not to return to the United States after being blacklisted in 1952.
Wanamaker is of Jewish origin on her father's side, whose family originated in Russia. The BBC documentary Who Do You Think You Are? broadcast on 24 February 2009, revealed that Wanamaker's paternal grandfather Morris Wanamaker (originally Manus Watmacher) was a tailor (born 1895) in Nikolaev in what is now Ukraine.
According to Who's Who on Television (1982 edition), Wanamaker was educated at the independent King Alfred School in Hampstead, London and at Sidcot School, a...
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