Carol Ann Susi

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.^[3][4][5]

Carol Ann Susi
Publicity Photo of Carol Ann Susi
Born	(1952-02-02)February 2, 1952 New York City, New York, U.S.[1]
Died	November 11, 2014(2014-11-11) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.[2]
Resting place	Saint Charles Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–2014

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.^[6] She also had extensive experience in live theatre^[7][8] 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.^[1][9] She graduated from Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn in 1970.^[10] She studied acting at HB Studio in New York City before moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s.^[1]

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.^[11][2][12] She is interred at the Saint Charles Cemetery in East Farmingdale, New York.^[13] 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.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Love Scenes	Susan
1987	Outrageous Fortune	Receptionist
	The Secret of My Success	Jean	Credited as Carol-Ann Susi
1989	Blood Red	Segestra Daughter #1
	Wedding Band	Angela
	Sea of Love	Additional voice
1990	My Blue Heaven	Filomena
	Masters of Menace	Candy Colletti
1992	Death Becomes Her	Psychiatric Patient
1993	Under Investigation	Neighbor
1996	Qiana	Waitress	Short film
	Edie & Pen	Irma
	Wedding Bell Blues	Aunt Anash
	The Cottonwood
1997	Eat Your Heart Out	Cynthia
1998	Mafia!	Clamato's Wife
	Waiting for Woody		Short film
2000	The Amati Girls	Ticket Seller
	Tempest Eye	Monique
2001	Cats & Dogs	Sophie's Sister
2002	Duty Dating	Seminar Woman
2006	Coffee Date	Diana's Assistant
2008	Red Velvet	Mother
2011	Just Go with It	Mrs. Maccabee
2014	A Life, Taken	Ms. Mancuso	Short film Final film role

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Monique Marmelstein	3 episodes
	Crackle of Death	Monique Marmelstein	TV movie Segment: "Firefall"
1975	McCoy		Episode 1: "The Big Ripoff
	McMillan & Wife	Luana / Waitress not Laura	2 episodes Uncredited - 1 episode
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	Waitress	Episode: "Part V: Chapter 7"
1981	Leave 'em Laughing	Gina	TV movie
1987	My Sister Sam	Marsha Hammer	Season 1 episode 14: "Go Crazy"
	Simon & Simon	Doreen	Carol-Ann Susi Season 7 episode 1: "New Cop in Town"
	Jake and the Fatman	Sally	Credited as Carolann Susi Season 1 episode 11: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
1989	Married to the Mob	Marilyn	TV short
	Who's the Boss?	Ginger	Season 6 episode 3: "In Your Dreams"
1989-1990	Generations	Thelma	8 episodes Credit only - 5 episodes
1990	Growing Pains	Norma	Season 5 episode 16: "The Home Show"
	Night Court	Mara Bernstein	Season 7 episode 21: "My Three Dads"
	Head of the Class	Nurse Lemas	Season 5 episode 7: "Billy's Big One"
	Adam-12	Vicki	Also known as The New Adam-12 Season 1 episode 6: "Vigilante"
	Married People	Gloria	Episode 9: "Term Paper"
	Doner	Berlinetti	TV movie
1990–1993	Murphy Brown	Woman Checker / Secretary #37	2 episodes
1991	Cheers	Angeline	Season 9 episode 13: "Honor Thy Mother
	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Psychic	Season 2 episode 23: "Doogie's Wager"
1992	Seinfeld	Carrie	Episode: "The Boyfriend"
	Bob	Debra	Season 1 episode 6: "P.C. or Not P.C."
	A Different World	Desk Sergeant	Season 6 episode 10: "Faith, Hope, and Charity: Part 2"
	Mad About You	Female Passenger	2 episodes Uncredited - 1 episode (clip show)
1993	Blossom	Nun	Season 3 episode 19: "The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men"
	Good Advice	Patient	Season 1 episode 4: "The Kiss"
1994	NYPD Blue	Connie	Season 1 episode 14: "Jumpin' Jack Fleishman"
	Big Daddy's Barbeque	Deirdre	TV movie
1995	Pointman	Pageant Director Miss Sloane	Season 2 episode 7: "Here She Comes, Miss Murder"
1995–1996	Married... with Children	Frannie	3 episodes
1996	The Home Court	Connie	Episode 11: "Touched by an Anger"
	ER	Pregnant Alien-Abductee	Season 2 episode 15: "Baby Shower"
1996–1997	Something So Right	Gracie/Grace	8 episodes
1997	Fired Up	Meat Selling Woman	Season 1 episode 1: "Pilot"
1998	Just Shoot Me!	Mrs. Boukidis	Season 2 episode 13: "Pass the Salt"
	Oh Baby	Felicia	Season 1 episode 2: "Picking a Donor"
	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Doris	Season 3 episode 1: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Season Opener"
	Becker	Mrs. Marino	Season 1 episode 2: "Take These Pills and Shove 'Em"
	USA High	Mrs. Lazzarini	Season 1 episode 75: "Goodbye Lazz"
1999	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Third Pigeon	Voice Season 3 episode 5: "The Happy Prince"
2000	City Guys	Surly Woman	Season 4 episode 18: "Who Da Man?"
2000-2005	The King of Queens	Service Counter Manager / Ms. Deluca	2 episodes
2001	Rude Awakening	Brandy	Season 3 episode 19: "Dawg Daze Afternoon"
	That's Life	Tessie Dalton	Season 1 episode 18: "Miracle at the Cucina"
	Six Feet Under	Pauline Romano	Season 1 episode 3: "The Foot"
2004	Just Desserts	Mrs. Guzzi	TV movie
	The Drew Carey Show	Doris	Season 9 episode 20: "Liar Liar House on Fire"
2005	McBride: It's Murder, Madam	Helen	TV movie
	Out of Practice	Susy	2 episodes
2006	Love, Inc.	Gwen	Episode 13: "Grace Under Fire"
	That '70s Show	Receptionist	2 episodes
2007	Journeyman		Episode 7: "Double Down"
2007–2014; 2017	The Big Bang Theory	Debbie Wolowitz	40 episodes
2008	Ugly Betty	Mrs. Galeano
	Grey's Anatomy	Mrs. Borsokowski	Season 5 episode 4: "Brave New World"
2010	'Til Death	Marjorie Putnam	Season 4 episode 12: "Snore Loser"
2012	Robot and Monster	Katie	Season 2 episode 3: "How to Train Your Marf/Blinking Light"
2019	Young Sheldon	Debbie Wolowitz	Voice Archived recording Season 2 episode 22: "A Swedish Science Thing and the Equation for Toast"

Video games

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	CSI: NY	Doris Brown / Pamela Ross	Voice
2010	Mafia II	Cleaning Lady / Maria Agnello	Voice

References

1. Hughes, Jason (November 11, 2014). "Carol Ann Susi, 'Big Bang Theory's' Mrs. Wolowitz, Dead at 62". The Wrap. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
2. "Big Bang Theory actress dies at 62". The Globe and Mail. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
3. Morris, Joan (March 14, 2009). "Who's the Voice of 'Big Bang' Mother?". Contra Costa Times. p. 2A. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
4. Salem, Rob (January 24, 2009). "Nerd herd doing a bang-up job". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
5. Owen, Rob (March 16, 2012). "TV Q&A with Rob Owen". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
6. Robinson, Johnny (September 27, 1974). "Radio and TV plus Video Versions". Lewiston Evening Journal. p. 21. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
7. Drake, Sylvie (September 16, 1988). "'Ladies' Room' Lives Up to Expectations of Racy Domain". Los Angeles Times. p. C6. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
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