1948-09-07 Frankfurt, Germany
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susan Blakely, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Displacement | Carol Sinclair | 2016-06-15 |
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Remember to Breathe | Kathleen | 2013-02-28 |
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The Perfect Boyfriend | Clara | 2013-07-04 |
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Vivian Ashe | 2011-02-01 |
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Pride | Theresa | 2011-10-22 |
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The Genesis Code | Beverly Truman | 2010-08-25 |
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To Comfort You | Angela | 2009-09-19 |
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Grizzly Park | Unhappy Camper | 2008-02-07 |
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Mating Dance | Abby's mother | 2008-07-15 |
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Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery | Camilla Meera | 2008-01-14 |
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The Perfect Neighbor | Jeannie Costigan | 2005-09-13 |
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Hate Crime | Martha Boyd | 2005-01-14 |
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L.A. Twister | Vivian | 2004-08-13 |
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Hungry Hearts | Barbi Harris | 2002-10-05 |
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A Mother's Testimony | Donna Mulroney | 2001-03-06 |
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Chain of Command | Meg Danforth | 2000-07-22 |
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Crash Point Zero | Barbara Esmond | 2000-11-22 |
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The Perfect Nanny | Dr. Julia Bruning | 2000-03-16 |
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Gut Feeling | 1999-01-01 | |
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Her Married Lover | Laura Mannhart | 1999-10-07 |
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Race Against Fear | Margaret Carlyle | 1998-09-07 |
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Color Me Perfect | Dr. Linda Ryan | 1996-11-05 |
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Co-ed Call Girl | Teri Halbert | 1996-02-11 |
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Tous les jours dimanche | Alice | 1995-01-11 |
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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders | Leslie Abramson | 1994-04-18 |
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No Child of Mine | Peggy Young | 1993-10-31 |
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Russian Holiday | Susan Dennison | 1992-01-01 |
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Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore | Billie Cobb | 1992-01-19 |
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And the Sea Will Tell | Gail Bugliosi | 1991-02-24 |
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Blackmail | Lucinda | 1991-10-23 |
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Wildflower | Ada Guthrie | 1991-12-03 |
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The Incident | Billie | 1990-03-04 |
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Alice Lundgren | 1990-06-01 |
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Dead Reckoning | Alex Barnard | 1990-05-23 |
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Murder Times Seven | Gert Kiley | 1990-10-14 |
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Torn Between Two Fathers | Jennifer | 1989-04-20 |
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Dream a Little Dream | Cherry Diamond | 1989-03-03 |
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My Mom's a Werewolf | Leslie Shaber | 1989-05-11 |
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Ladykillers | Lilah Corbett | 1988-11-09 |
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Broken Angel | Catherine Coburn | 1988-03-13 |
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Hiroshima Maiden | Betty Bennett | 1988-05-14 |
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April Morning | Sarah Cooper | 1988-04-24 |
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The Survivalist | Linda Ryan | 1987-01-02 |
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Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery | Patricia Erdain | 1987-11-30 |
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Over the Top | Christina Hawk | 1987-02-13 |
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The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story | Joan Kennedy | 1986-11-24 |
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Annihilator | Layla | 1986-04-07 |
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Blood & Orchids | Marie Farrell | 1986-02-23 |
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International Airport | Jeanne Roberts | 1985-05-25 |
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Stingray | Evelyn Decter | 1985-07-14 |
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Will There Really Be a Morning? | Frances Farmer | 1983-02-22 |
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The Oklahoma City Dolls | Sally Jo Purkey | 1981-01-23 |
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The Bunker | Eva Braun | 1981-04-15 |
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Make Me an Offer | Joyce Windsor | 1980-01-11 |
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A Cry for Love | Polly Harris | 1980-10-20 |
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Dreamer | Karen Lee | 1979-04-27 |
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The Concorde... Airport '79 | Maggie Whelan | 1979-08-17 |
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Secrets | Andrea Fleming | 1977-02-20 |
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Report to the Commissioner | Patty Butler | 1975-02-05 |
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Capone | Iris Crawford | 1975-04-16 |
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Shampoo | Girl on Street (uncredited) | 1975-02-11 |
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The Towering Inferno | Patty | 1974-12-14 |
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The Lords of Flatbush | Jane Bradshaw | 1974-05-01 |
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The Way We Were | Judianne | 1973-10-17 |
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Savages | Cecily, a Debutante | 1972-06-27 |
