Suzanne was born in Cleveland, OH, to the late Gizella Bokor Herz and
Ralph Herz, Sr., M.D., of Hungary. Suzanne subsequently lived in Key
West, FL, New York City, California, and Kennebunkport, ME. She was
married to Richard Holland, radio/film/tv actor and writer, in 1955,
until his death in 1984. The pair enjoyed a long stint as a writing
team, primarily for television, for shows such as "General Hospital",
"Young Doctor Malone", and "The Nurses". Suzanne's credits also
include writing for "All My Children", "One Life to Live", "Santa
Barbara", and script consultant for "Guiding Light", "Days of Our
Lives", and "The Cosby Show"; and was the creator and head writer for
the series "To Have and To Hold". As well, Suzanne was a member of
SAG, The Writer's Guild of America, and AFTRA; was a Blue Ribbon
panelist for The Emmy Awards, a talented graphics and package
designer, calligraphist, gourmet cook, a pianist, composer, and series
writing professor. Suzanne was delighted to have attended and been
invited by the Singapore government to present a script writing
seminar at the 1993 Singapore Film Festival.
Suzanne was an advocate for gay rights, for youth, and for the
homeless. Concerned about teens in Pacific Palisades, CA, she was a
founding member of the CAPPY Program for area youth. At the time of
her illness, she was working on a film in pre-production in Malaysia
and Indonesia for a screenplay she had written.
She was predeceased by her second husband of 13 years, Douglas
Stillman Hobbs, former professor of political science at UCLA.
She was survived by a son and daughter from her first marriage and a brother.
She was interred in Arlington National Cemetery next to her first husband and a memorial
service was held at 7 p.m. on July 13, 2007, at The Unitarian
Church of All Souls in New York City (Lexington Avenue at 79th
Street).