Jacqueline Susann's Open Door Jacqueline Susann's Open Door Jacqueline Susann's Open Door is an American discussion show hosted by Jacqueline Susann, later to become famous as the author of "Valley of the Dolls". It aired nationally on the DuMont Television Network between May 7 and June 18, 1951. Each week Susann would interview celebrities. Sam Chase's review of the program in the June 2, 1951, issue of "Billboard" illustrated the significance of the program's title: "Purpose of the show is to try to open the door to a job for people with capabilities who have had difficulties getting themselves located. ... Two of her
Jacqueline Susann James Dunn. For reasons which remain unclear, the play was not produced. In 1970, Susann made a brief return to the stage when she appeared in Blanche Yurka's off-Broadway revival of Jean Giraudoux's "The Madwoman of Chaillot". Clive Barnes in the "New York Times" panned the production; of the cast, he praised only Yurka, but he did mention that "Jacqueline Susann looks a great deal prettier than the publicity stills on her book jackets might lead you to believe." From 1948 to 1950, Susann appeared on "The Morey Amsterdam Show", a comedy series (telecast first on CBS, then on DuMont),