Suzzy Roche

Suzzy Roche
Suzzy Roche
	Roche in a promotional photo for the Roches in 1980
Background information
Born	29 September 1956 (age 69); New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Folk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, author, actress
Years active	1973–present
Formerly of	The Roches
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Suzzy Roche (/ˈsʌziː/ SUHZ-ee; born September 29, 1956)^[1] is an American singer, best known for her work with the vocal group the Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre.^[2] Suzzy is the youngest of the three, and joined the act in 1977.^[3] She is the author of the novels Wayward Saints and The Town Crazy and the children's book Want to Be in a Band?^[4]^[5]

Early life

Raised in Park Ridge, New Jersey, Suzzy began performing as a student at Park Ridge High School.^[6]

Career

Roche is an active associate member of The Wooster Group and has appeared in a number of the group's productions as well as composing original music for the group's performances.^[7] She was briefly a member of Four Bitchin' Babes, appearing on their album Some Assembly Required.^[7] In 2004 Roche appeared on Crash Test Dummies album Songs of the Unforgiven.^[8]

In addition to singing, Roche has also acted in film and television. She appeared in the 1988 romantic comedy Crossing Delancey,^[9] the 1982 film Soup for One,^[10] and the 2016 short film The Law of Averages, where she plays the lead role of a conflicted mother in rural Quebec following the loss of her own mother.^[11] Roche also appeared with her siblings (playing themselves) in the 1996 comedy A Weekend in the Country.^[12]

Personal life

With musician Loudon Wainwright III, Roche has a daughter: Lucy Wainwright Roche.^[13] Suzzy, Lucy and Loudon occasionally appear onstage together.^[14] Lucy's paternal half-siblings Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright (Loudon Wainwright's children with his first wife, the singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle) are also singer-songwriters.^[15]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Soup for One	Girl #1
1984	Almost You	Receptionist
1988	Crossing Delancey	Marilyn Cohen
1992	My New Gun	Checkout Girl
1992	Me and Veronica	Bar Customer
2015	A Gesture and a Word	—	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Tiny Toon Adventures	Suzzy	Episode: "New Character Day"
1994	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Metermaid	Episode: "Inspector 34"
1996	A Weekend in the Country	Suzzy Roche	Television film
1997	Tracey Takes On...	PA	Episode: "Music"

Solo discography

Holy Smokes (Red House, 1997)^[16]
Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA (Red House, 2000)^[16]

References

^ Thom Duffy (June 8, 1986). "Roche Sisters Take Folk Act Into Tampa". Orlando Sentinel. p. 11. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ Cocks, Jay. "Valentines from the Danger Zone", Time (magazine), May 7, 1979. Accessed October 16, 2007.
^ John Rockwell (August 11, 1977). "Performance by 3 Roche sisters at Kenny's Castaways nightclub". The New York Times. p. 318. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ Natalie Danford (September 2, 2011). "Life Riffs: Focus on Music 2011". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 258, no. 36. p. 22. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ "Suzzy Roche's official website". Retrieved August 1, 2017.
^ Jaeger, Barbara. "The sisters Roche come home with a new sound", The Record, February 14, 1986. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The Roches are going back to the beginning. Tonight, Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy Roche, who spent their formative years in Park Ridge, will perform in the county where they made their debuts.... For Suzzy, it was the stage at Park Ridge High School, where she sang in the school choir and performed in its musicals."
^ ^a ^b Terry Perkins (March 25, 2004). "Take It From Suzzy Roche: The Babes' Sound Is Still Bitchin'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 32.
^ Bartley Kives (March 12, 2005). "Dummies frontman won't be home for Junos". Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba). p. c1. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ Janet Maslin (August 24, 1988). "Review/Film; Learning to Appreciate a Mr. Right Who Sells Pickles and Tells Jokes". The New York Times. p. C15. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ "Soup for One (1982)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
^ "The Law of Averages". November 15, 2018.
^ "A Weekend in the Country (1996) TV Movie". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
^ Dan Markowitz (April 14, 1996). "Turning 50, Songwriter Sings About Life". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ David Corriveau (March 20, 2019). "Highlights: Wainwright-Roche family road show stops at Chandler". Valley News. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
^ Alan Nichol (June 8, 2012). "Beguiling as ever on stage". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. p. 4. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Geoff Gehman (December 15, 2000). "After Years Of Turmoil, Suzzy Roche Agitates For Calm". The Morning Call. p. D1. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

External links

Suzzy Roche at IMDb

[1] Thom Duffy (June 8, 1986). "Roche Sisters Take Folk Act Into Tampa". Orlando Sentinel. p. 11. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[2] Cocks, Jay. "Valentines from the Danger Zone", Time (magazine), May 7, 1979. Accessed October 16, 2007.

[3] John Rockwell (August 11, 1977). "Performance by 3 Roche sisters at Kenny's Castaways nightclub". The New York Times. p. 318. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[4] Natalie Danford (September 2, 2011). "Life Riffs: Focus on Music 2011". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 258, no. 36. p. 22. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[5] "Suzzy Roche's official website". Retrieved August 1, 2017.

[6] Jaeger, Barbara. "The sisters Roche come home with a new sound", The Record, February 14, 1986. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The Roches are going back to the beginning. Tonight, Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy Roche, who spent their formative years in Park Ridge, will perform in the county where they made their debuts.... For Suzzy, it was the stage at Park Ridge High School, where she sang in the school choir and performed in its musicals."

[Take_It-7] Terry Perkins (March 25, 2004). "Take It From Suzzy Roche: The Babes' Sound Is Still Bitchin'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 32.

[8] Bartley Kives (March 12, 2005). "Dummies frontman won't be home for Junos". Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba). p. c1. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[9] Janet Maslin (August 24, 1988). "Review/Film; Learning to Appreciate a Mr. Right Who Sells Pickles and Tells Jokes". The New York Times. p. C15. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[10] "Soup for One (1982)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[11] "The Law of Averages". November 15, 2018.

[12] "A Weekend in the Country (1996) TV Movie". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[13] Dan Markowitz (April 14, 1996). "Turning 50, Songwriter Sings About Life". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[14] David Corriveau (March 20, 2019). "Highlights: Wainwright-Roche family road show stops at Chandler". Valley News. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

[15] Alan Nichol (June 8, 2012). "Beguiling as ever on stage". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. p. 4. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[Calm-16] Geoff Gehman (December 15, 2000). "After Years Of Turmoil, Suzzy Roche Agitates For Calm". The Morning Call. p. D1. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

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v t e The Roches
Albums	The Roches (1979) Nurds (1980) Keep On Doing (1982) Another World (1985) No Trespassing (1986) Speak (1989) We Three Kings (1990) A Dove (1992) Will You Be My Friend? (1994) Can We Go Home Now (1995) The Collected Works of the Roches (2003) Moonswept (2007)
Related albums	Seductive Reasoning (Maggie and Terre Roche, 1975) Songs from an Unmarried Housewife and Mother, Greenwich Village, USA (Suzzy Roche, 2000) Zero Church (Suzzy and Maggie Roche, 2002) Lucy (Lucy Wainwright Roche, 2010)
Related	Suzzy Roche Four Bitchin' Babes Lucy Wainwright Roche Loudon Wainwright III Sloan Wainwright

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