Biography

Early life

Langdon was born in Paterson, New Jersey to Albert G. Lookhoff (February 26, 1901 - May 1, 1938) and Grace (née Huddle; January 12, 1908 - November 21, 1980). Grace Lookhoff, an operatic soprano, studied music at Washington University in Saint Louis and Juilliard. Her opera performances, beginning with her New York debut in Lewisohn Stadium, included appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Three Choirs Festival (Worcester, Massachusetts), the Coolidge Festival (Washington, D.C.), and the Saint Louis Municipal Opera. Grace's teaching career indicates a timeline of where her daughter grew up.

• 1941-1947 - Instructor of Voice and director of the Vesper Choir, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• 1947-1951 - Instructor of Voice, Texas A&I, Kingsville

Sue Ane was enrolled at the University of North Texas. She was also briefly enrolled full-time at Idaho State University.

Career

Langdon's film debut came in The Great Impostor (1961), starring Tony Curtis. Langdon went on to have leading roles in films such as The Rounders (1965), Hold On! (1966), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), A Man Called Dagger (1967), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), and A Fine Madness (1966) which led to her posing nude for Playboy magazine. In 1966, United Artists Pictures released Frankie and Johnny in which Langdon co-starred along with Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas and Harry Morgan. Her later films included The Evictors (1979), Without Warning (1980), Zapped! (1982), and UHF (1989).

Langdon was the third actress to play Alice Kramden in Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners sketches and shows, preceded by Pert Kelton and Audrey Meadows and followed by Sheila MacRae and Meadows again. She shared a Life magazine cover with Gleason, but played the role only briefly in the 1960s version, during the American Scene Magazine era, before MacRae took the role over for the color hour-long musical versions.

She appeared as Kitty Marsh during the NBC portion (1959-1961) of Bachelor Father. The next year, she appeared twice on Rod Cameron's syndicated crime drama COronado 9. In 1961 she made her first of three appearances on Perry Mason as Rowena Leach in "The Case of the Crying Comedian". In 1962, she appeared as nurse Mary Simpson in an episode of CBS's The Andy Griffith Show and as Kate Tassel in The "Catawomper" episode of Gunsmoke. She made her second guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1964 as murder victim Bonnie in "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor." She made guest appearances in many other TV programs including Bourbon Street Beat, Room for One More, Mannix, Thriller, Bonanza, Ironside, McHale's Navy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Banacek, The Wild Wild West, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Three's Company, The Love Boat and Happy Days.

Langdon was presented one of the Golden Boot Awards in 2003 for her contributions to western television and cinema.

Personal life

Sue Ane Lookhoff married Jack Emrek (born Robert J. Hanusek; 1920-2010) on April 4, 1959 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple remained married until his death on April 27, 2010 in Calabasas, California. Emrek was a motion picture, stage and television director.

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