243 Picture Mommy Dead ( 1966 )

Bert  Gordon  directed  his  now-teenage  daughter  Susan  in  this  family  melodrama  which  suffers  from  a  lack  of  likeable  characters  but  is  entertaining  enough.

Susan  plays  Susan  Shelley  a  young  heiress   returning  home  from  a  convent  only  partially  recovered  from the  trauma  of  witnessing  her  mother  Jessica's  ( Zsa  Zsa  Gabor )   death  in  a  house  fire. Susan  suffers  from  flashbacks  and  is  under  threat  from  her  impecunious  father  ( Don  Ameche )  disfigured  cousin  Anthony  ( Maxwell  Read )  and  that  old  staple  the  mercenary governess - turned - stepmother  Francine.

Martha  Hyer  ( as  Francine )

Sex :  Francine  sleeps  with  Anthony  to  further  her  schemes. Amazing  cleavage

Death  : Throttled  by  her  husband

Martha  was  a  popular  actress  of  the  fifties, picking  up  an  Oscar  nomination  as  Best  Supporting  Actress  for  Some  Came  Running  in  1958. This  one  was  toward  the  end  of  her  film  career. She  retired  in  1974  when  she  turned  50. She  died  in  2014 aged  89.

Susan  Gordon  ( as  Susan  Shelley )

 Sex :   There  are  heavy  hints  of  incest  between  Susan  and  her  father  towards  the  end

Death : Survives

This  was  Susan's  last  film.