Suzanne Elaine Marx (née Gothelf; November 17, 1930 – July 17, 2023) was an American documentary film director and producer.

[1] Marx was born in Yonkers, New York, on November 17, 1930,[2] to artist Louis Gothelf and his wife Leona.

In 1953, she married Stanley "Hank" Marx, a businessman active in the city's cultural scene, and had three daughters with him between 1955 and 1959.

[3] She taught English in the Royal Oak school district and earned a master's degree in sociology from Wayne State University.

After becoming a freelance photographer, her portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks were featured in books and art shows.