Susan "Susie" Essman is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer

Writer

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, television producer

Television producer

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, and voice artist. She is best known for her role as Susie Greene on the HBO television sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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. She is also well-known for her portrayal of "Mittens" in Bolt.
Essman was born in 1955 and was raised in the middle-class New York City

New York City

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 suburb of Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, New York

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. Her father, Leonard Essman, was an internist; he died in 2001.