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Susan Damante | |
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| Born | Susan Jean Damante June 17, 1950 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Susan Damante-Shaw |
| Years active | 1972–2007 |
| Spouse | Larry Shaw (m. 1974;div. 2004) |
| Children | Vinessa Shaw Natalie Shaw |
Susan Damante (born June 17, 1950; formally credited as Susan Damante-Shaw) is an American actress who has starred in various films and television programs. She is the mother of Vinessa Shaw and Natalie Shaw (both actresses). [1]
Damante is a Nichiren Buddhist and a member of Soka Gakkai International. [2] She suffers from Crohn's disease. [2]
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The Adventures of Black Beauty is a British adventure family television series produced by London Weekend Television and shown by ITV in the United Kingdom between 1972 and 1974. It was distributed internationally by London Weekend International.
The Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1975 American family adventure drama film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw. The film is about Skip Robinson and his family who decide to move from Los Angeles, California to a new home in the majestic Rocky Mountains, Skip builds a log cabin, and the children befriend wild animals. As the intrepid Robinsons make a simpler life for themselves off the grid, they discover that, in the wilderness, each day brings its own adventure.
The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1978 adventure/family movie that stars Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw and is a sequel to The Adventures of the Wilderness Family. In this sequel to the first movie, Heather Rattray now plays the role of Jenny.
Mountain Family Robinson is a 1979 family movie that stars Robert Logan, Susan Damante-Shaw and George Buck Flower. This film is a sequel to The Adventures of the Wilderness Family and The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family and, like its predecessors, was filmed in the states of Colorado and Utah.
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Natalie Shaw is an American actress who played the character Shane Fusco on the television series Under Suspicion, Tally in Just One Night with Timothy Hutton,} Rachel Kaplan on the House MD episode "Babies & Bathwater", and more. She was also in a Roman Coppola-directed Levis commercial. She is the daughter of actress Susan Damante and the younger sister of actress Vinessa Shaw.
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