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Susan Blakely
Actor
Born September 7, 1948 (76 years)
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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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
| 2016 | This Is Us (TV Series) · as Anne |
| 2016 | Displacement · as Carol Sinclair |
| 2016 | Speak · as Susan |
| 2015 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV Series) · as Gigi Plimpton |
| 2013 | The Perfect Boyfriend · as Clara |
| 2011 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 · as Vivian Ashe |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code · as Beverly Truman |
| 2009 | Men of a Certain Age (TV Series) · as Yvonne |
| 2009 | Cougar Town (TV Series) · as Betsy |
| 2009 | SouthLAnd (TV Series) |
| 2008 | Worst Week (TV Series) · as Margaret Waverly |
| 2008 | Mating Dance · as Abby's Mother |
| 2008 | Grizzly Park · as Unhappy Camper |
| 2008 | Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery · as Camilla Meera |
| 2007 | Side Order of Life (TV Series) · as Margot Mcintyre |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters (TV Series) · as Celia Calmartin |
| 2006 | Murder 101 (TV Series) · as Camilla Meera |
| 2005 | In the Cutz (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 2005 | The Perfect Neighbor · as Jeannie Costigan |
| 2005 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (TV Series) · as Mrs. Madigan |
| 2005 | Hate Crime · as Martha Boyd |
| 2004 | L.A. Twister · as Vivian |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Mollie Felice (2006) |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men (TV Series) · as Angie |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Dr. Cadence Darwin |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Hungry Hearts · as Barbi Harris |
| 2002 | She Spies (TV Series) · as Katherine Mcbain |
| 2001 | A Mother's Testimony · as Donna Mulroney |
| 2001 | Crash Point Zero · as Barbara Esmond |
| 2001 | The Perfect Nanny · as Dr. Julia Bruning |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Camille Cantrell |
| 2000 | Chain of Command · as Meg Danforth |
| 1999 | A Clean Kill · as Laura Mannhart |
| 1999 | Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) · as Tory Van Dyke / Markie James |
| 1999 | Chicken Soup for the Soul (TV Series) · as Mom |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | Broken Silence: A Moment of Truth Movie · as Margaret Carlyle |
| 1997 | Pensacola: Wings of Gold (TV Series) · as Emily |
| 1996 | Color Me Perfect · as Dr. Linda Ryan |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Brown |
| 1996 | Co-ed Call Girl · as Teri Halbert |
| 1994 | Seven Sundays · as Alice |
| 1994 | Under Suspicion (TV Series) · as Caroline Curry Friedlander |
| 1994 | Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders · as Leslie Abramson |
| 1994 | The George Carlin Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Overbrook |
| 1993 | Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Gillian |
| 1993 | No Child of Mine · as Peggy Young |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Meredith Clancy |
| 1993 | Russian Holiday · as Susan Dennison |
| 1992 | Intruders (1992) (TV Series) · as Leigh Holland |
| 1992 | Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore · as Billie Cobb |
| 1991 | Wildflower · as Ada Guthrie |
| 1991 | Blackmail · as Lucinda |
| 1991 | Step by Step (TV Series) |
| 1991 | And the Sea Will Tell · as Gail Bugliosi |
| 1990 | Murder Times Seven · as Gert Kiley |
| 1990 | Out of Sight, Out of Mind · as Alice Lundgren |
| 1990 | Dead Reckoning · as Alex Barnard |
| 1990 | The Incident · as Billie |
| 1989 | My Mom's a Werewolf · as Leslie Shaber |
| 1989 | |
| 1989 | Dream a Little Dream · as Cherry Diamond |
| 1988 | Ladykillers · as Lilah Corbett |
| 1988 | Hiroshima Maiden · as Betty Bennett |
| 1988 | April Morning · as Sarah Cooper |
| 1988 | Broken Angel · as Catherine Coburn |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Claudia Merrill |
| 1987 | Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery · as Patricia Erdain |
| 1987 | The Survivalist · as Linda Ryan |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Private Eye (TV Series) · as Rita Marlo |
| 1987 | Over the Top · as Christina Hawk |
| 1986 | Annihilator · as Layla |
| 1986 | Stingray (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids · as Marie Farrell |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Linda Wolfe |
| 1985 | Stingray · as Evelyn Decter |
| 1985 | International Airport · as Jeanne Roberts |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Christina Hellinger |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series) · as Jennifer Avery |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker (TV Series) · as Melody |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Thicke of the Night (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1983 | Will There Really Be a Morning? · as Frances Farmer |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest (TV Series) · as Anne Bowen |
| 1981 | The Bunker · as Eva Braun |
| 1981 | The Oklahoma City Dolls · as Sally Jo Purkey |
| 1980 | A Cry for Love · as Polly Harris |
| 1980 | Make Me an Offer · as Joyce Windsor |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 · as Maggie Whelan |
| 1979 | Dreamer · as Karen Lee |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Nicole Phillips |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Julie Prescott |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man (TV Series) · as Julie Prescott |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner · as Patty Butler |
| 1975 | Capone · as Iris Crawford |
| 1975 | Shampoo · as Girl On Street (uncredited) |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno · as Patty |
| 1974 | The Lords of Flatbush · as Jane Bradshaw |
| 1973 | The Way We Were · as Judianne |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Jennifer |
| 1972 | Savages · as Cecily, A Debutante |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Sarah Cooper |