Sunny Johnson

Biography

Date of Birth 21 September 1953 , San Bernardino County, California, USA Date of Death 19 June 1984 , Los Angeles, California, USA (ruptured aneurysm) Birth Name Sunny Suzanne Johnson In the 1983 film Flashdance, she portrayed Jennifer Beals's figure-skating friend. The actress first appeared in the Baretta series on television. She also had roles in the films The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and the spoof Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype with the English actor Oliver Reed. She is listed in the credits of Animal House ("Otter's Coed"), but does not appear in the movie as her scene was cut due to time constraints. Sunny Johnson died from a burst blood vessel in her brain, she had suffered on the night of June 18, 1984. The actress was found unconscious by her boyfriend, Archie Hahn, in the home they shared. She was taken to UCLA Medical Center (now Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center), where she remained on a life-support system until June 19, when she was declared clinically dead. Without any hope of her mental recovery, her family agreed to take her off the respirator. - Biography Source: wikipedia.org, License: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Credits 1984 The Red-Light Sting (TV Movie) 1984 This Is the Life (TV Series) 1983 Flashdance 1983 Bay City Blues (TV Series) 1982 Bosom Buddies (TV Series) 1981 The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia 1980 Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype 1980 Why Would I Lie? 1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (TV Movie) 1980 Where the Buffalo Roam 1978 Almost Summer 1978 Animal House 1977 Charlie's Angels (TV Series)