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Carol Ann Susi
Publicity Photo of Carol Ann Susi
Born	(1952-02-02)February 2, 1952 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	November 11, 2014(2014-11-11) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Saint Charles Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–2014

Carol Ann Susi (February 2, 1952 – November 11, 2014) was an American actress whose career spanned 40 years. Her best known roles were probably her first and last; she debuted as the recurring character of semi-competent but likable intern Monique Marmelstein on Kolchak: The Night Stalker. More than three decades and countless supporting roles later, her level of celebrity was elevated for having provided the voice of recurring off-screen character Mrs. Wolowitz, mother of Howard Wolowitz, on the television series The Big Bang Theory.

Career

Susi made her first on-screen appearance in Kolchak: The Night Stalker, where she played the recurring role of news service intern Monique Marmelstein. Other television and film credits included: McMillan & Wife, Coyote Ugly, Just Go with It, The Big Bang Theory, Cheers, Becker, Something So Right, Generations, the 1990 biker comedy Masters of Menace, Grey's Anatomy, That '70s Show, Out of Practice, Cats & Dogs, Just Shoot Me, Married... with Children, Night Court, The King of Queens, Death Becomes Her, NYPD Blue, Seinfeld, The Secret of My Success, My Blue Heaven, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. She also had extensive experience in live theatre and voiced a character on the video game adaptation of CSI: NY.

Personal life

Susi was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1952 to an Italian-American family. She graduated from Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn in 1970. She studied acting at HB Studio in New York City before moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s.

Death

Susi died of cancer on November 11, 2014, in Los Angeles, California, at age 62. She had been diagnosed a week before her death. She is interred at the Saint Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York. Her character on The Big Bang Theory, Mrs. Wolowitz, was mourned after the character died in the series' eighth-season episode "The Comic Book Store Regeneration" broadcast on February 19, 2015.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

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2. ^ "Big Bang Theory actress dies at 62". The Globe and Mail. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
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8. Collins, Scott (December 19, 1995). "Ollstein's 'Pot Roast' Is Rich in Flavor". Los Angeles Times. p. F8. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (November 11, 2014). "Carol Ann Susi, 'Big Bang Theory's Mrs. Wolowitz, Dead". Deadline. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
10. "FDR High School is Turning 50! Here Are Some Alumni You Should Know About". May 15, 2015.
11. "Carol Ann Susi, 'Big Bang Theory's MRS. Wolowitz, Dead". November 12, 2014.
12. Swift, Andy (November 11, 2014). "Carol Ann Susi, Voice Behind Big Bang Theory's Mrs. Wolowitz, Dead at 62". TV Line. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
13. Wilson, Scott (August 22, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. ISBN 9780786479924. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via Google Books.
14. Fowle, Kyle (February 19, 2015). "The Big Bang Theory: "The Comic Book Store Regeneration"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

External links

• Carol Ann Susi at IMDb

• 1952 births
• 2014 deaths
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• Actresses from Los Angeles
• American film actresses
• American people of Italian descent
• American television actresses
• American video game actors
• American voice actresses
• Deaths from cancer in California
• Actresses from Brooklyn