1192) Susan Reed

Susan Catherine Reed (1926 – 2010). American singer, harpist, zitherist and actress. A regular on the New York folk scene, Life magazine dubbed her "the pet of Manhattan nightclubbers" in 1945.

- "In 1944 a 16‐year‐old girl with red hair streaming down her shoulders skipped out onto the floor of Cafe Society Down town, held up a stringed instrument and said ingenuously, “This is a zither.” https://www.nytimes.com/…/susan-reed-makes-folk-comeback-at…

- "The daughter of Daniel Reed, a successful entertainer, actor, director, and playwright, red-haired folk singer Susan Reed spent much of her childhood surrounded by entertainers."  http://awe.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=129175