Susan Sullivan Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Susan Michaela Sullivan (born November 18, 1942) is an American actress, known for several notable roles on various television programs. Sullivan played the role of Lenore Curtin Delaney on the daytime soap opera, Another World (1971–1976); waitress Lois Adams during the first season (1980-1981) of the comedy It's a Living, Maggie Gioberti Channing on the soap opera, Falcon Crest (1981–1989); and Kitty Montgomery on sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002). She currently appears in Castle as Richard Castle's mother, Martha Rodgers. Sullivan was born in New York City, but was raised in the... MORE

Susan Michaela Sullivan (born November 18, 1942) is an American actress, known for several notable roles on various television programs. Sullivan played the role of Lenore Curtin Delaney on the daytime soap opera, Another World (1971–1976); waitress Lois Adams during the first season (1980-1981) of the comedy It's a Living, Maggie Gioberti Channing on the soap opera, Falcon Crest (1981–1989); and Kitty Montgomery on sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997–2002). She currently appears in Castle as Richard Castle's mother, Martha Rodgers. Sullivan was born in New York City, but was raised in the Long Island area of Freeport, Nassau County, New York, where she graduated from Freeport High School in 1960. She earned a BA in drama from Hofstra University in 1964. During the latter part of her college years (1963–64), she worked as a Playboy Bunny. She got her acting start in the 1960s playing opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Broadway play Jimmy Shine. She landed a contract with Universal Studios in 1969, guest-starring on several shows. It was during this time she played parts in daytime dramas. Starting with a role on A World Apart in 1970, she moved to a five-year stint as Lenore Moore Curtin LESS