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Susan Stafford

American actress

Susan Stafford

Born (1944-01-27) January 27, 1944 (age 80)

Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S.

Occupations
  • Game show co-host
  • author
  • clinical psychologist
  • chaplain
  • former model
Years active1970–present
Spouses

  • Gordon McLendon

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    (m. 1973; div. 1975)​

  • Dick Ebersol

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    (m. 1976; ann. 1981)​
PartnerDan Enright (1983–1992)

Susan Stafford (born January 27, 1944) is an American former model, actress and television host. She was the original daytime hostess of the American game show Wheel of Fortune from January 6, 1975, until she left on October 22, 1982. She returned to Wheel of Fortune in 1986 to substitute for Vanna White.[1][2]

Personal life

Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Stafford grew up in Missouri, and won several beauty contests as a teenager in Kansas Cit Susan stafford and chuck woolery!