Susan Ruttan
Highest Rated: 73% Prayers for Bobby (2009)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Sep 16, 1948
Birthplace: Oregon City, Oregon, USA
An auburn-haired character player, Susan Ruttan perhaps is best remembered for her seven-year stint (1986-93) as the likable but less-than-brilliant good-hearted secretary Roxanne Melman on NBC's "L.A. Law."
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Filmography
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73% | 86% | Prayers for Bobby | Betty Lambert (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Dead Air | Maggie (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Half-Life | Lorraine Parker (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Legend of Butch & Sundance | Mrs. Place (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | You Did What? | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sure Hand of God | Lucy Trotter (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law: The Movie | Roxanne Melman (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | The Ultimate Christmas Present | Mrs. Claus (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Kills | Lela (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story | Janet (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by Evil | Madge Jaynes (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Arlene Reed (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack Reed: A Killer Amongst Us | Arlene (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie | Helen Preston (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Arlene Reed (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Jack Reed: A Search for Justice | Arlene Reed (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without Warning: Terror in the Towers | Anne Marie Tesoriero (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Arlene Reed (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story | Carol (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Medicine | Genene Jones (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Sweet 15 | Mrs. Zavala (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 0% | 14% | Funny About Love | Claire (Character) | $7.6M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder | Judy Hecker (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 67% | 65% | Chances Are | Woman in the Bookstore (Character) | $15.7M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Take My Daughters, Please | Courtney (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 14% | Bay Coven | Debbi McGwin (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scorned and Swindled | Margie (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Independence Day | Nurse (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fighter | Hostess (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | Packin' It In | Mrs. Estep (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31% | 62% | United States of Al | Mrs. Foster (Guest Star) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Bob Hearts Abishola | Mrs. Clark (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Mom | Lucy (Guest Star) | 2018-2019 |
| 81% | 78% | 9-1-1 | Sandy (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | The Talk | Guest | 2018 |
| 96% | 67% | Battle Creek | Carole (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 48% | 86% | Common Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 84% | 75% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 13% | 100% | The Forgotten | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | HawthoRNe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Hannah Montana | Grandma (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 82% | 87% | Castle | Mrs. Pike (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Private Practice | Nora (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 86% | 91% | Boston Legal | Jeanie Biddle (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 91% | 89% | Monk | Mrs. Ledsky (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | CSI: New York | Mrs. Moreland (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Division | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Agency | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 88% | No Score Yet | Maybe It's Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| 84% | 93% | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Doris Kroeger (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yes, Dear | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 85% | 86% | Gilmore Girls | Bed & Breakfast Wife (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judging Amy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 36% | No Score Yet | The Fighting Fitzgeralds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 2000 |
| 64% | No Score Yet | Brutally Normal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | 3rd Rock From the Sun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suddenly Susan | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Law | Roxanne Melman (Character) | 1986-1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mommies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password | Guest | 1987-1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Mrs. Cunningham (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Best of the West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | Waitress (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| 80% | No Score Yet | Bosom Buddies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |