Susan began her career as a ballet dancer and trained under George Balanchine at School of American Ballet in NewYork City. Her professional career in dance included Eglevsky Ballet in New York City, The Hannover Ballet in Germany and finally the Cleveland Ballet, all of she toured with extensively She settled back in her hometown of Los Angeles and began her acting training with Susan Peretz and Charlie Laughton of the Actors Studio and with Bill Traylor of "The Loft", now known as "The Lost "S ...