Okay, Ginger & Trish. I have to add another "two cents" to this conversation. While I agree that Susan had very womanly qualities, which is to say she showed caring, gentleness and empathy in her roles (and, I hope, in her private life), what really drew me to her was her strength.

The other actresses of that time were either simply sex symbols whose minds (if they had one) were never in the mix. Or we had the complete bimbo up on the screen. Susan was the first actress I saw who was a REAL woman, as I saw my mother, my aunts, and ultimately, as I wanted to see myself. She had the guts to play strong women...women who were ambitious, not shy, timid types who always deferred to men. Her women could be cunning when they had to be, ruthless when confronted by men who would be ruthless to them, and maybe even evil, too. As I said, real women, not cardboard cutouts on the screen, or in life.

That she did all that and could show vulnerability, too, well, that's why I loved her. She'll always be my hero in many ways, as well as a glamour queen.