Susan Walters Biography: Children, Husband, Awards, Films, Height, Ethnicity, Age, Net Worth, Siblings, Parents

Susan Walters is an American actress and former model whose early work on the ABC soap opera Loving laid the foundation for a career that spanned four decades.

She made a lasting impression as Priscilla Presley in the television film Elvis and Me. She became a familiar face on primetime television through roles in Melrose Place and Seinfeld’s “The Junior Mint” and “The Foundation” episodes.

Profile

• Full name: Susan Walters
• Date of birth: September 28, 1963
• Age: 61 years old
• Gender: Female
• Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
• State of origin: Georgia
• Nationality: American
• Profession: Actress, former model
• Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.67 m)  
• Parents: N/A
• Siblings: N/A
• Spouse: Linden Ashby (m. April 19, 1986)
• Children: Grace Ashby; Savannah Ashby
• Relationship status: Married to Linden Ashby
• Religion: N/A
• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Net worth: US $4 million  

Early Life and Education

Susan Walters was born on September 28, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended Chamblee High School and later moved to New York City at the age of 18 after signing with Elite Modelling Agency. She was crowned Miss Georgia in 1981, marking her first significant public recognition before embarking on her modelling and acting careers.

Personal Life

Susan Walters met actor Linden Ashby on the set of Loving, and they married on April 19, 1986. The couple has two daughters, Grace and Savannah Ashby, and they currently reside in Los Angeles. Beyond her family life, Walters enjoys cycling, hiking, travelling, and is an advocate for animal rights, as well as a painter.  

Career

Susan Walters began her television career in 1983 as Lorna Forbes on Loving, a role she played until late 1986. In 1987, she made her film debut in Russkies and earned a high-profile television role as Priscilla Presley in the biographical film Elvis and Me.

Producer Aaron Spelling cast her in Hotel (1987–1988), Nightingales (1988–1989), and Melrose Place (1998), and she gained pop-culture fame as “Mulva” (real name Dolores) in Seinfeld’s “The Junior Mint” (1993) and “The Foundation” (1996).

She starred as Anne Osborne in The Big Easy (1996–1997) and joined The Young and the Restless as Diane Jenkins from 2001 to 2004, returning for guest stints in 2010 and resuming the role in March 2022.

Concurrently, she held recurring roles on One Tree Hill, Drop Dead Diva, The Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf, and guest-starred on series including How to Get Away with Murder, The Flash and Good Trouble.

Awards

• Miss Georgia: winner (1981)
• Pre-nomination, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2003)

Net Worth

Susan Walters’ net worth is estimated to be approximately $4 million, accrued through her decades-long career in acting and early modelling, as reported by Celebrity Net Worth and Market Realist.  

Filmography

• Russkies (1987)
• Defending Your Life (1991)
• Galaxies Are Colliding (1992)
• Two Guys Talkin’ About Girls (1996)
• Til There Was You (1997)
• Two Came Back (1997)
• Gale Force (2002)
• Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
• Slow Moe (2010)
• Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)
• Grape (2013)
• Kill the Messenger (2014)
• Wedding Wonderland (2017)
• Virginia, Minnesota (2018)
• Honesty Weekend (2020)
• Aftermath (2021)
• Purple Hearts (2022)