Susan Raab Simonson

Susan Raab Simonson was born in Greenbrae, California, U.S. to Joan & Robert Raab. Susan was an American stage actress and theatre producer. For 7 years, she was as associate producer for L.A. Theatre Works, working on its nationally syndicated radio series "The Play's the Thing", and on more than 80 plays for the group, among them a popular radio production of Annabelle Gurwitch's Fired! Before that, she was an actress and worked for The Actors' Gang in Los Angeles. She married director Eric Simonson in 2004; they have one son. She was diagnosed with breast cancer the day after her husband won the 2005 Academy Award for Short Subject Documentary. She died eight months later, aged 37, in Marin County. A memorial service was held at St. Anselm Church in Ross, California.