Loretta Long (b. October 4, 1938) is an actress, singer, and educator who has played Susan on Sesame Street since the show's debut in 1969. In the earliest seasons, she also lent her voice to Muppet characters, including Roosevelt Franklin's Mother, Suzetta Something, one of the Anything Muppet backup singers in "Mahna Mahna", and the mother in "Five People in My Family", amongst others. In 2016, Long published her autobiography, My Best Friends Call Me Susan.