Born Sadie Gertrude Stern to a Jewish family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, she adopted the name Suzanne at thirteen, attended Battin High School and Bennington College, and honed her craft under Sanford Meisner, later becoming the first woman to teach his acting program.
A founding member of the early-1960s Compass Players alongside Alan Alda and Alan Arkin, she built a diverse screen and stage rés…
