Susan Ross

Susan Biddle Ross is a fictional character on the situation comedy Seinfeld played by Heidi Swedberg.

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Fictional character - Situation comedy - Seinfeld - Heidi Swedberg

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Susan, an executive at NBC, first appeared in the season 4 episode "The Pitch", in which Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza pitched the idea for their sitcom to Susan and her fellow executives. Over the course of the fourth season, as the development of the sitcom continued, Susan began dating George - an endeavor that was not helped by Cosmo Kramer, who first vomited on Susan, and then burned down her father's cabin. Soon after this, George and Susan broke up and when he next saw her, she was in a lesbian relationship, and George presumed he himself had done it. Susan's lover was seduced by Kramer, and - after the airing of the pilot received negative reviews, and there was a power change at NBC - Susan left George's life.

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NBC - Jerry Seinfeld - George Costanza - Cosmo Kramer - Lesbian

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They were reunited in the season 7 premiere, "The Engagement" and - on a whim - George proposed to her. The engagement lasted the whole of the seventh season, with George evantually realizing that he was trapped - particularly when a potential relationship with Marisa Tomei was ruined because of it - and trying every method to get out of the relationship. Ultimately, in the season finale, "The Invitations", George's choice of low quality wedding invitations proved to be his saving grace: the low-quality glue on the invitations proved overpowering to Susan as she used her tongue to moisten and seal them all, ultimately giving her an overdose and killing her. George wasted no time in calling Marisa Tomei, however she was no longer interested.

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In the aftermath of her death, Susan's parents organized a foundation in her honor and appointed George to be on the board, a position he did not relish. The Rosses continued to be a part of his life through to "The Finale" when - at a court case against George, Kramer, Jerry and Elaine Benes - they learnt that he was the one who chose the invitations, and of his relief at her death.

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Susan reappeared in the season nine episode "The Betrayal", an episode which went backwards, in a brief appearance at the end (set during the engagement).

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Susan's parents were played by former Twin Peaks cast members Warren Frost and Grace Zabriskie.

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Susan's parents - Twin Peaks - Warren Frost - Grace Zabriskie

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• See also: Minor characters in Seinfeld