Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Susan Blakely is an American film actress and actress, who has mainly played supporting roles. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Blakely also has appeared in films including The Towering Inferno, Report to the Commissioner, Capone, The Concorde ... Airport '79, and Over the Top.
Blakely arrived in Hollywood in the early 1970s, and began appearing in supporting roles in films including Savages, The Way We Were, and The Lords of Flatbush. Her first major role was as Patty Simmons in the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno. The following year, she played the female lead roles in films Report to the Commissioner alongside Michael Moriarty, and Capone opposite Ben Gazzara.
Blakely gained wide critical acclaim with her leading role in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw. For her performance, Blakely won that year's Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. She earned a second Emmy Award nomination the following year when she reprised her role in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II. After her television success, she played leading roles in two movies in 1979: the disaster film The Concorde ... Airport '79 opposite Alain Delon, and the sport drama Dreamer with Tim Matheson.
During 1980s and 1990s, Blakely played leading roles in many made-for-television movies. She portrayed Frances Farmer in the 1982 film based on Farmer's autobiography, Will There Really Be a Morning?, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. She played Eva Braun opposite Anthony Hopkins in the Adolf Hitler biographical film The Bunker, and Joan Kennedy in The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story. She appeared in such feature films as Over the Top, My Mom's a Werewolf, and Hate Crime. She recently guest-starred on This Is Us and NCIS and in past years on Hotel, The Twilight Zone, Falcon Crest, Murder, She Wrote, Nip/Tuck, Brothers & Sisters, Southland, and Cougar Town.
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Filmography
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Movies 64
TV Shows 30
self 1
This Is Us (2016)
Displacement (2016)
Speak (2016)
The Perfect Boyfriend (2013)
Remember to Breathe (2013)
Pride (2011)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)
To Comfort You (2009)
Southland (2009)
Mating Dance (2008)
Grizzly Park (2008)
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery (2008)
Brothers and Sisters (2006)
The Perfect Neighbor (2005)
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005)
Hate Crime (2005)
L.A. Twister (2004)
Cold Case (2003)
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Nip/Tuck (2003)
Hungry Hearts (2002)
She Spies (2002)
A Mother's Testimony (2001)
Crash Point Zero (2000)
Chain of Command (2000)
The Perfect Nanny (2000)
Her Married Lover (1999)
Twice in a Lifetime (1999)
Race Against Fear (1998)
Color Me Perfect (1996)
7th Heaven (1996)
Co-ed Call Girl (1996)
Seven Sundays (1995)
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994)
No Child of Mine (1993)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
Intruders (1992)
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
Russian Holiday (1992)
Wildflower (1991)
Blackmail (1991)
Step by Step (1991)
Eddie Dodd (1991)
And the Sea Will Tell (1991)
Murder Times Seven (1990)
Lifestories (1990)
Out of Sight, Out of Mind (1990)
Dead Reckoning (1990)
The Incident (1990)
My Mom's a Werewolf (1989)
Baywatch (1989)
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Ladykillers (1988)
Hiroshima Maiden (1988)
April Morning (1988)
Broken Angel (1988)
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987)
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
Mama's Boy (1987)
Over the Top (1987)
The Survivalist (1987)
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (1986)
Annihilator (1986)
Blood & Orchids (1986)
Blood & Orchids (1986)
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Stingray (1985)
Stingray (1985)
International Airport (1985)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
The Hitchhiker (1983)
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
Hotel (1982)
The Bunker (1981)
The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)
A Cry for Love (1980)
Make Me an Offer (1980)
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Dreamer (1979)
Secrets (1977)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
Capone (1975)
Shampoo (1975)
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
The Way We Were (1973)
Savages (1972)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Broken Angel
Gut Feeling
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1948-09-07 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceFrankfurt, Germany
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsSusie Blakely
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
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