A movie publicist with over 35 years of work to her name, Susie Tullett died over the weekend. She deserves to be remembered. Most of you won’t have heard of Susie Tullett. As much as the film industry is incredibly high profile, and offers up names that are known across the globe, the truth of ... A few words about Susie Tullett
A movie publicist with over 35 years of work to her name, Susie Tullett died over the weekend. She deserves to be remembered.
Most of you won’t have heard of Susie Tullett.
As much as the film industry is incredibly high profile, and offers up names that are known across the globe, the truth of course is that the vast majority sit behind the scenes. They never step into the limelight, yet they’re oftentimes vital to what we get to see and enjoy.
We lost Susie Tullett over the weekend, and she was one of those people.
A long-time friend of Film Stories, if you’d seen her in your local shop, you wouldn’t have the slightest clue of course to the life she’d led.
But her stories were and are incredible. She told tales of the London premiere for Grease, of how badly certain big name directors treated her, and how wonderfully some major movie talent did. We had many conversations over the past few years, and much of what she told me remains joyously unprintable.
Her career was a jam-packed one, although her last few years less so. I do wonder if, had the people she’d helped on their journeys, seen how hard she was battling more recently, if they’d have been moved to repay some of that help and support. But to my eyes, they didn’t and they didn’t. It’s not the way things work in movie publicity. That the rich and famous move on, and sometimes, you’re left behind, heading off to do the weekly shop, your head awash with stories that deserve to be told.
Susie had threatened to write a book about her career, but I don’t think she ever finished it. She certainly had a one woman battle with her cranky laptop over the years, and I treasure the conversations we had and the stories she told. She always told me I had to tell her if we were going to chat over Zoom, as she’d need to put some lippy on!
Susie Tullett was a hell of a human being. She passed after a short illness over the weekend, the final message I sent to her last week marked as read, but not responded to. I hope more of her stories come out, as they very much deserve to. But for now, I hope her family and friends take solace from the incredible life she lived.
Rest in peace, Susie. I’m going to miss the hell out of you.
