Silo began her on-screen career in the late 1950s and worked steadily in live-action television throughout the 1960s through 1990s. She co-starred in the NBC sitcom Harry's Girls, which followed a vaudeville troupe on tour through Europe, alongside Larry Blyden, Dawn Nickerson, and Diahn Williams.3 She made guest appearances across a broad range of classic American series including McHale's Navy, Route 66, Bonanza, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Sea Hunt, Hazel, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Batman, Gunsmoke, The Love Boat, and L.A. Law.1
Silo transitioned into voice acting with a long-running campaign voicing a talking cow in Land O' Lakes Margarine commercials, a role she held for over ten years.1 She went on to become one of the more prolific voice actresses working in American animation, logging credits with Hanna-Barbera, Disney, Marvel Productions, and DIC Entertainment among others.2
Her best-known animated roles include:
She also provided voice work for video games including Crash Tag Team Racing, Dead Rising, and God of War II.2
In addition to her performance work, Silo teaches voice acting workshops and lectures at events across the United States.1
Silo made a guest voice appearance in the The Real Ghostbusters episode "Chicken, He Clucked," voicing three characters: the Imp, an Old Woman, and a Librarian.4
Silo returned to the Ghostbusters franchise with a guest voice role in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode Home Is Where The Horror Is (1997).5
Silo was married to actor Burr DeBenning in 1966; DeBenning died in 2003. They have two sons together. She later married Michael Irwin Nave in 2010.1
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"Susan Silo," IMDb, accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798152/.
"Harry's Girls," Wikipedia, accessed 2026-06-13, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%27s_Girls.
Spook Central, "The Real Ghostbusters: Chicken, He Clucked," accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.spookcentral.us/sclib/the-real-ghostbusters-chicken-he-clucked. Season 1-Syndicated, Episode 18 (Production #76018), aired October 19, 1987; written by J. Michael Straczynski. Silo voiced the Imp, Old Woman, and Librarian.
IMDb, "Extreme Ghostbusters: Home Is Where the Horror Is" (TV Episode 1997), accessed 2026-06-13, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0574531/.