Susan Oliver was an accomplished actress and could deliver many quality performances, as the many clips from her film and television work that fill a huge proportion of this 96 minute film show. Michael Caine’s repeating “Not many people know that” in the appalling remake of Get Carter (2000) was probably uttered in response to similar tedious nightclub comedian jokes he hoped to lay to rest in the same way James Cagney corrected the error in his AFI Life Achievement speech. Inaccurately remembered for this role, good as it was, Susan Oliver today suffers from that same stereotyping process that remembers James Cagney for saying “You dirty rat” and Johnny Weissmuller for “Me Tarzan, You Jane” although they never spoke those lines in any film. But she was much more than that, as this documentary shows. Most syndicated episodes end credits with the still shot of her performance as green girl Vina. Susan Oliver is only known today by most people for her guest appearance in the original 1964 Star Trek pilot “The Cage” that later became the two part episode “Menagerie” (1966). Susan Oliver was a prolific and astounding actress whose directing career was unfairly nipped in the bud an accomplished aviation pilot as well, she was an extraordinarily independent woman. It also sets the record straight about someone who combined many talents. However, steadily growing in respect and sales since its appearance, this documentary reveals not only the value of non-Hollywood independent funding but also informative contributions by many familiar industry people who are finally allowed to deliver their respect for a tragic, yet resilient, colleague. Produced and directed by George Pappy, who also co-wrote the script with editor Amy Glickman Brown, The Green Girl was financed independently and received no industry recognition or support from an institution that never treated the subject of this documentary with the respect she deserved. “What I knew I didn’t want was to just get married and become a housewife and lose my identity.” (Oliver: 81) Listen to Susan Oliver on Zero Hour hosted by Rod Serling Zero Hour Podcast (ep51) John Dehner and Susan Oliver – Fourth Of Forever – Part 1, with a new introduction.“She was so much more than the Green woman in Star Trek” (George Pappy DVD audio-commentary).Susan Oliver at the Internet Off-Broadway Database.She was 58 when she died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She died from colon cancer that spread to her lungs.
SUSAN OLIVER MOVIE
She was nominated in 1976 for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress" for the made-for-TV movie Amelia Earhart. Oliver was later a cast member on the soap opera Days of Our Lives during 1975-1976. Because of that, a documentary about her life was called The Green Girl. In one scene, Oliver played an alien with green skin. She played the female lead character Vina. In 1964, Oliver was in the first pilot of the television program Star Trek. It won Oliver a Theater World Award for "Outstanding Breakout Performance". Oliver began rehearsals for a co-starring role in the Broadway play Patate in mid-1958. They included Kaiser Aluminum Hour, The United States Steel Hour and Matinee Theater. Also in 1957, Oliver was in larger roles.
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