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 "Studio". After working with members of the Actors Conservatory Ensemble in a well received but small production of John Patrick Shanley's "Savage in Limbo", Susan began supporting herself with odd jobs; namely art modeling and waitressing so she could continue her passion. Since then, Susan has built an extensive resume of dramatic and comedic roles in a variety of contemporary and classic plays on a number of LA stages including The Marylin Monroe theater, The Hudson Backstage, Theater West, The Tiffany, ACT at the Lex, The Gene Dynarski Theater and The Rose, The list includes:the award winning production of "Detective Story" (Best Ensemble), the two character David Mamet play "Reunion" which she won a Drama Logue Award for best performance, Harold Pinter's two character "The Lover", which received a 2003 LA Weekly Best One Act. Other roles include Lilly Garland in "Twentieth Century" recently performed at the Lillian, Irina in "Idiot's Delight" at the Lillian and Essie in "The Great Sebastions" also at the Lillian. She's also recently appeared in Ceasar and Cleopatra, God of Vengence, Tennesee Williams' "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let me Listen", Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love", Sherwood Schartz' The Trial Of Othello, and Shanley's "Four Dogs and Bone".....to name a few. Susan has appeared in Lucky Louie and has a lead in Mafioso with Leo Rossi and Bobby Costanza, and has worked with Freddy Rodriguez and Marco Leonardi in "My Brother Jack". "What's up, Scarlet?", Susan's first feature that she produced, co-wrote and starred in has been seen all over the festival circuit including the OutFest in LA, Frameline in San Francisco, Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and a host of others in Europe, Canada and Australia. The film also stars Sally Kirkland, Jere Burns and Musetta Vander, and was shown theatrically at Laemmle's Sunset 5.
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Biography from TMDB.
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor and producer, also writer
- 9 on Motif · 15 credits in all
What are Susan Priver's films like?
Across their 9 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 4 · Wry 2 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 5
Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 6
Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 5
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Scarlet Zabrinski in What's Up, Scarlet? (2005)
- Heroas Clementine Carter in Night Caller (2021)
- Heraldas Bess in Dead Mail (2024)
- Shapeshifteras Carol Bundy in Sunset Strip Killers (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Susan Priver's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Susan Priver's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 9 with a Motif page.
Sunset Strip Killers(2026)
Motif score: 12th percentile of all films
Dorothea(2025)
Motif score: 17th percentile of all films
Dog Fugitive (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Ed Kemper(2025)
Motif score: 14th percentile of all films
Sisterhood of Secrets (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
Motif score: 6th percentile of all films
Dead Mail(2024)
Motif score: 48th percentile of all films
Christmas Couples Retreat (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Scalper (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
Pig Killer(2022)
Motif score: 6th percentile of all films
The Fairchild (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Night Caller(2021)
Motif score: 16th percentile of all films
Bad Detectives(2021)
Motif score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Serving Up Richard (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
What's Up, Scarlet?(2005)
Motif score: 24th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 53rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles from 2005 to 2026.
Film career
- 2022Screen debut· Pig Killer
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Susan Priver's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 14th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 19th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 9 titles are Mixed.
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the acting 54/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Susan Priver work with?
People who share at least 2 of Susan Priver's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chad Ferrin shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Chad FerrinShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022), Night Caller (2021)See all 6 shared titles with Chad Ferrin
Actors
- Robert MianoShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022), Night Caller (2021)See all 6 shared titles with Robert Miano
- Silvia SprossShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022), Night Caller (2021)See all 5 shared titles with Silvia Spross
- Lew TempleShared titles: Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022), Night Caller (2021)See all 5 shared titles with Lew Temple
- Cassandra GavaShared titles: Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Pig Killer (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Cassandra Gava
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Jahad FerifShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022), Night Caller (2021)See all 6 shared titles with Jahad Ferif
- Jeff BillingsShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022)See all 5 shared titles with Jeff Billings
- Richard BandShared titles: Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Night Caller (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Richard Band
Producers
- Jerry IronsShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024)See all 4 shared titles with Jerry Irons
- Jeffrey DeckerShared titles: Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025), Unspeakable: Beyond the Wall of Sleep (2024), Pig Killer (2022)See all 4 shared titles with Jeffrey Decker
- Edgar ConroyShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025)See all 3 shared titles with Edgar Conroy
- Michael ConroyShared titles: Sunset Strip Killers (2026), Dorothea (2025), Ed Kemper (2025)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Conroy
Mixed roles
- Kyle McConaghyShared titles: Dead Mail (2024), Night Caller (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Kyle McConaghy
