Susan Bailey (previously Susan Hunt) was born in London, England, raised in Cape Town, South Africa and attended Cape Town University as a Speech and Drama student. Throughout her childhood she trained in classical ballet under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Dance. She jumped at the chance to join a vaudeville show that was touring South Africa, which was the first step in a career spanning a decade where she ended up on the Broadway stage as a dancer in JoJo’s Dance Factory, opening for the 5th Dimension at the Uris Theater (1973).
She also jumped at the chance to read “Ernesta,” as the characters Ernesta talks about, and the situations she finds herself in echo Susan’s experiences ‘on the road’, and have also reignited her love of songwriting.