 | |
| Susan Harris | |
| Aliases: | Doctor Susan Harris |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Mad scientist |
| Gender: | Female |
| Race: | Altered human |
| Location: | California |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Born: | 1942 [1] |
| Died: | 1973 |
| First: | Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) |
| Actor: | Anitra Ford |
Susan Harris is a fictional mad scientist and the primary antagonist of the 1973 exploitation film Invasion of the Bee Girls. She was played by actress Anitra Ford.
Biography[]
Susan Harris.
Doctor Susan Harris was a scientist and a doctor of entomology. She worked at the Brandt Research laboratory in Peckham, California during the early 1970s. Embittered by the sexual politics of her era, Doctor Harris used her scientific expertise and knowledge of bees to create controlled mutations in female test subjects. Harris created deadly offshoots of humanity, which possessed insect characteristics, including herself.
With her army of "Bee Girls", Doctor Harris began committing a string of murders, targeting specific male members of the Brandt laboratory. She seduced a co-worker named Herb Kline, inviting him to her home where they had sex. Kline formed a blood clot, which proved to be fatal. She then used her process on Herb's widow, Nora Kline, transforming her into a Bee Girl as well.
Following the funeral of a woman named Gretchen Grubowsky, Doctor Harris killed another scientist named Aldo Ferrara. She then captured Julie Zorn and brought her to the laboratory to be converted into a Bee Girl.
A State Department officer named Neil Agar, who had been investigating the string of deaths, eventually tracked the clues back to Doctor Harris. Confronting her in the laboratory, he witnessed Susan attempting to convert Julie Zorn into one of her followers. Harris threatened to kill Zorn unless Agar agreed to leave, but he fired his gun at the computer banks, causing the machines to explode. Doctor Harris died in the explosion, but Neil was able to rescue Julie and get her to safety.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Susan Harris was created by director Denis Sanders and screenplay writer Nicholas Meyer.
- Actress Anitra Ford receives second billing in Invasion of the Bee Girls after William Smith, making her female lead in the film.
- Susan Harris is associated with the "babe scientist" trope.
- This is Anitra Ford's fifth film role.
- The system that Doctor Harris uses is the IBM AN/FSQ-7. [2]
See also[]
- Invasion of the Bee Girls
- Invasion of the Bee Girls images
- Invasion of the Bee Girls characters
- Invasion of the Bee Girls miscellaneous
External Links[]
- Invasion of the Bee Girls at AMG
- Invasion of the Bee Girls at IMDB
- Invasion of the Bee Girls at Wikipedia
- Invasion of the Bee Girls at TV Guide
References[]
- ↑ Date approximated based upon the age of actress Anitra Ford.
- ↑ Starring the Computer; Computers in Movies and Television.
Keywords[]
Characters who are killed in an explosion; Doctor; Entomology; Mad scientist; Scientist