Susanna Verbruggen (c. 1667 - 1703), Englishactress, was the daughter of an actor named Percival, and her first recorded stage appearance was in 1681 in D'Urfey's Sir Barnaby Whig.
She played at Dorset Garden and the Theatre Royal, and in 1686 married William Mountfort. By 1690 she was one of the leading actresses in Betterton's company. About a year after Mountfort's death, in 1692, she married John Verbruggen (fl. 1688-c. 1707), also an actor of considerable ability.
Verbruggen is first mentioned as a member of the United Company in a Lord Chamberlain's warrant in 1688.
John and SusannaVerbruggen had a child as early as 1703, Lewis, who was baptized on 27 May. Mrs Verbruggen died between July and August 1703, and the infant was buried in October.
John Baptista Verbruggen was buried on 12 March 1708, and on 26 April at Drury Lane, a benefit was held for "a Young Orphan-Child of the late Mr Verbruggen and Mrs Verbruggen", presumably the John George Verbruggen, son of John and Susanna, who was baptized on 23 November 1708.
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