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In May 1955 she embarked on a nightclub tour.

On January 12, 1954, her leg was amputated.

On April 4th, 1954, she was married to Long in Santa Barbara wearing an artificial limb. Some guests in attendance at her wedding were Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, David Janssen and Jeff Chandler.

In July, while rehearsing a scene for an episode of Climax! (1954), she collapsed and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors found that the cancer had spread to her lungs.

She then filmed City Beneath the Sea (1953) and fell for Anthony Quinn, who was still married. Their romance lasted only a year because Quinn was still in love with his wife, Katherine DeMille.

Suzan was proclaimed one of the most important "New Stars of 1953" by Hedda Hopper.

On her next film, East of Sumatra (1953), she suffered an injury to her right leg during a dance number.

Later in 1953, while filming War Arrow (1953), she was told by doctors that her leg had developed tumors. Later that year at home, she slipped on some spilled water and broke her leg. She was rushed to the hospital and operated on to remove the tumors. The operation was not a success and she was told that amputation of her right leg would be necessary.

In December of 1953, she became engaged to Richard Long.

Her first part in Hollywood was as a harem girl in Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) at Monogram. She got an interview with the talent department of Universal-International and signed a contract.

In 1952 she was proclaimed "The New Cinderella Girl of 1952".

She had a fleeting romance with Scott Brady, who she met on the set of Untamed Frontier (1952), and they planned to marry.

Was "discovered" by Mary Castle, who helped secure an interview for her at Universal Pictures. She was signed by the studio in October of 1951.

She sang with the Mel Baker Orchestra from 1948-1953.

She came to Hollywood with her family in 1941.

Suzan Ball, a second cousin of Lucille Ball, was born on March 3, 1934, in Jamestown, New York.

Was a direct descendant of Mayflower's John Alden, who is said to have been the first person to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620.