Sue Bennett
Bennett, born in Indianapolis and reared in New York City, graduated from Syracuse U. in 1948 and soon after joined the cast of the Broadway revue "Small Wonder," which starred Tom Ewell.
The following year she sang for several months on the Dumont network's weekday music program "Teen Time Tunes." She co-starred on the show with the Alan Logan Trio.
In 1949-50, Bennett was one of the stars of big-band leader Kyser's NBC game-comedy-music show, "The College of Musical Knowledge." Show also featured a relatively unknown singer named Michael Douglas, who later became a well-known talkshow host.
During the 1951-52 TV season, Bennett was one of the featured singers on the NBC show "Your Hit Parade." She also sang regularly on other NBC shows, including "The John Conte Show" and "The Freddy Martin Show."
In 1953 she and her physician husband relocated to the Boston area. Throughout the remainder of the decade, she sang on Boston area radio and television shows and also had her own weekly musical program, "The Sue Bennett Show," which aired in 1954 and 1955 on Boston's WBZ-TV.
Beginning in the 1960s, she began working primarily as a voiceover performer for TV and radio commercials. She was a longtime member of the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA and for several years served as an officer in New England AFTRA.
She is survived by her husband, Waldo Fielding, a retired gynecologist, now an actor; two sons; and two nephews.
Family suggests donations in her name be made to charitable organization the Society of Singers Inc., 8242 W. 3rd St., Suite 250, Los Angeles, CA 90048.
