Susan Nussbaum

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Susan Nussbaum
A young white woman with curly dark hair, smiling
Susan Nussbaum, from a 1984 newspaper photo
Born
Susan Ruth Nussbaum

(1953-12-12)December 12, 1953
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedApril 28, 2022(2022-04-28) (aged 68)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation(s)Playwright, novelist, activist
FatherMike Nussbaum
RelativesKaren Nussbaum (sister)

Susan Ruth Nussbaum (December 12, 1953 – April 28, 2022) was an American actress, author, playwright, and disability rights activist.[1][2]

Early life and education

Nussbaum was born in Chicago and raised in nearby Highland Park, the daughter of Mike Nussbaum and Annette Brenner Nussbaum. Her father, a former exterminator, became a well-known actor and director;[3] her mother was a publicist.[2] Her sister Karen Nussbaum is a noted labor leader.[4] Nussbaum studied acting at Roosevelt University and Goodman School of Drama, both in Chicago. Nussbaum used a wheelchair after she survived being hit by a car in her twenties.[5] "When I became a wheelchair user in the late '70s," she wrote in a 2012 essay, "all I knew about being disabled I learned from reading books and watching movies, and that scared the shit out of me."[6]

Career

Riva Lehrer painted a portrait of Nussbaum in 1998.[7][8] In 2008, Nussbaum was named one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World." Her debut novel Good Kings, Bad Kings (2013) won the 2012 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.[9][10] The novel is set in an institution for disabled young people in the Chicago area.[11][12]

Works

  • Staring Back (1983, sketch comedy show, co-written with Lawrence Perkins)[13]
  • The Plucky and Spunky Show (1990)[14]
  • Mishuganismo (1992, play)[15]
  • Telethon (1993, play, co-written with William Hammack)[16]
  • Activities of Daily Living (1994, play, co-writer)[17]
  • No One as Nasty (2000, play)[18]
  • Crippled Sisters (play)[19]
  • "Why are Fictional Characters with Disabilities So Unreal?" (2012, essay)[6]
  • Good Kings, Bad Kings (2013, novel)[20]
  • Code of the Freaks (2020, documentary, co-written and co-produced by Nussbaum)[21]

Personal life

Nussbaum had a daughter, Taina Rodriguez.[19] She died from pneumonia in 2022, at the age of 68, at her home in Chicago.[1][2] She was buried at Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge Illinois.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Williams, Annabelle (May 12, 2022). "Susan Nussbaum, 68, Who Pressed for Disability Rights in Her Plays, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kogan, Rick (April 29, 2022). "Author, disability activist and actor Susan Nussbaum dies, after a career of pushing boundaries". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ Galloway, Paul (December 28, 1984). "Stage is the Nussbaums' Ticket". Chicago Tribune. pp. 55, 57. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Karen Nussbaum". Working America. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ Haupt, Jennifer (September 4, 2013). "Susan Nussbaum: My Disability Was Nothing Personal". Psychology Today. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nussbaum, Susan (November 21, 2012). "Why Are Fictional Characters With Disabilities So Unreal?". HuffPost. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :3
  8. ↑ Lehrer, Riva (1998). "Susan Nussbaum". Riva Lehrer Art. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Rewriting Images Of People With Disabilities". WBUR. December 24, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Interview with Susan Nussbaum". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  11. ↑ Brown, Emma (May 22, 2013). "Susan Nussbaum's Social Engagement". Interview Magazine. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ Wood, Caitlin (August 29, 2013). "An Interview With Disability Activist and "Good Kings Bad Kings" Author Susan Nussbaum". Bitch Media. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
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  15. ↑ Obejas, Achy (January 16, 1992). "Solidarity and Loneliness". Chicago Reader. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  16. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :6
  17. ↑ Buck, Genevieve (July 29, 1994). "'Daily Living' With a Twist". Chicago Tribune. p. 183. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :7
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Worley, Sam (May 30, 2013). "Susan Nussbaum's next act". Chicago Reader. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  20. ↑ Wegner, Gesine (May 20, 2013). "Review of Good Kings Bad Kings". Disability Studies Quarterly. 33 (3). doi:10.18061/dsq.v33i3.3786. ISSN 2159-8371.
  21. ↑ "About the Film". Code of the Freaks. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

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