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Snyder is not just a glamour girlby CONNIE PA88ALACQUAWhen Santa Barbara s Liken Lock ridge. now played by Susan Marie Snyder, came bouncing — literally — back into town earlier this year, it looked as if soaps had gained nothing more than another vacuous blonde But Snyder’s spirited portrayal of the formerly morose I .a ken (originally played by Julie Ron niei has turned into one of the nicest surprises of the year1 never thought of myself as a peanut girl or a cheesecake bunny,” insists Snyder. I never considered myself a glamor girl. I guess It aU happened the day before yesterday.'' she adds, maybe modestly It 's hard to say. since Snyder is a master of the put on (You watch Santa Barbara Really?! She seems more like aSUSAN MARIE SNYDERstudied comic than glamor g»rl.“Actually. I got into doing comedy when I came to New York, right after I graduated high school in Oregon.” she says “My first job was to do bits on Late Night with David Let-terman It was the most off-the-wall stuff you’ve ever seen in your life, but it was really fun I played a game-show hostess a lot like Carol Menll. and had a recurring Ml .i' a character named little Susie, who kept on coming nack to the show every couple of months seven years older I think she got so old that she eventually died Then I was on (NBC’s prime-timei The New Show, which lasted about five minutes. As long as me While working on the lafterman show, she made many contacts in the com edy world and worked up her own stand-up act. which she performed in a New York club. I do character voices really well, so for the grand finale I did this bit where Idid the entire Wizard of Oz in three minutes ’*She later moved to Los Angeles, where she now lives near her brother Phil, also a comedian “I lived for two years, then I got Santa Barbara, which is the greatest job in the world ” she says seriously At first, the character was really nasty, and I asked (the writers! to tone it down So they gave me some vulnerable scenes. Kight now. I guess you'd call I .a ken .. IM nerable bitch. Already. Laken has lured Ted CapweU (Todd McKee' away from his wife llayley iStacy Edwards l“Last week, my mother called and said that the whole family really enjoyed me making out in the wine vat with Ted I told her. Mom it’s all part of the job.' ” laughs Snyder, enjoying yet another put-on
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Oct 23, 1987
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