Susan Blakely
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 7, 1948 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Frankfurt, Germany
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susan Blakely, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Airports
Movie
Displacement
Movie · as Carol Sinclair
This Is Us
TV · as Anne · 2 eps
The Perfect Boyfriend
Movie · as Clara
Remember to Breathe
Movie · as Kathleen
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Movie · as Vivian Ashe
Pride
Movie · as Theresa
The Genesis Code
Movie · as Beverly Truman
To Comfort You
Movie · as Angela
Southland
TV · as Linda Sherman · 1 ep
Cougar Town
TV · as Betsy · 1 ep
Grizzly Park
Movie · as Unhappy Camper
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Movie · as Camilla Meera
Mating Dance
Movie · as Abby's mother
Brothers and Sisters
TV · as Celia Calmartin · 1 ep
Hate Crime
Movie · as Martha Boyd
The Perfect Neighbor
Movie · as Jeannie Costigan
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
TV · as Mrs. Madigan · 1 ep
L.A. Twister
Movie · as Vivian
Cold Case
TV · as Mollie Felice (2006) · 1 ep
Two and a Half Men
TV · as Angie · 2 eps
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Valerie Farrell · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Dr. Cadence Darwin · 1 ep
Hungry Hearts
Movie · as Barbi Harris
She Spies
TV · as Katherine McBain · 1 ep
A Mother's Testimony
Movie · as Donna Mulroney
Crash Point Zero
Movie · as Barbara Esmond
The Perfect Nanny
Movie · as Dr. Julia Bruning
Chain of Command
Movie · as Meg Danforth
Strong Medicine
TV · as Camille Cantrell · 1 ep
Gut Feeling
Movie
Her Married Lover
Movie · as Laura Mannhart
Twice in a Lifetime
TV · as Tory Van Dyke / Markie James · 1 ep
Race Against Fear
Movie · as Margaret Carlyle
Co-ed Call Girl
Movie · as Teri Halbert
Color Me Perfect
Movie · as Dr. Linda Ryan
7th Heaven
TV · as Elizabeth Brown · 1 ep
Seven Sundays
Movie · as Alice
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Movie · as Leslie Abramson
No Child of Mine
Movie · as Peggy Young
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Meredith Clancy · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Dr. Elaine York, Gillian · 1 ep
Russian Holiday
Movie · as Susan Dennison
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Movie · as Billie Cobb
Intruders
TV · as Leigh Holland · 2 eps
Wildflower
Movie · as Ada Guthrie
Blackmail
Movie · as Lucinda
And the Sea Will Tell
Movie · as Gail Bugliosi
Step by Step
TV · 1 ep
Eddie Dodd
TV · 1 ep
And the Sea Will Tell
TV · as Gail Bugliosi · 2 eps
The Incident
Movie · as Billie
Dead Reckoning
Movie · as Alex Barnard
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Movie · as Alice Lundgren
Murder Times Seven
Movie · as Gert Kiley
Dad's A Dog
Movie · as Melody McBride
My Mom's a Werewolf
Movie · as Leslie Shaber
Dream a Little Dream
Movie · as Cherry Diamond
Torn Between Two Fathers
Movie · as Jennifer
Baywatch
TV · 1 ep
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
TV · 1 ep
April Morning
Movie · as Sarah Cooper
Hiroshima Maiden
Movie · as Betty Bennett
Broken Angel
Movie · as Catherine Coburn
Ladykillers
Movie · as Lilah Corbett
The Survivalist
Movie · as Linda Ryan
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Movie · as Patricia Erdain
Over the Top
Movie · as Christina Hawk
Jake and the Fatman
TV · 1 ep
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Movie · as Joan Kennedy
Annihilator
Movie · as Layla
Blood & Orchids
TV · as Marie Farrell · 2 eps
International Airport
Movie · as Jeanne Roberts
Stingray
Movie · as Evelyn Decter
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Linda Wolfe (segment "The Card") · 1 ep
Stingray
TV · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Christina Hellinger, Pauline Byrne, Catherine Wayne, Joyce Hacker · 1 ep
Finder of Lost Loves
TV · as Jennifer Avery · 1 ep
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Movie · as Frances Farmer
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Melody · 1 ep
Hotel
TV · 3 eps
The Bunker
Movie · as Eva Braun
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Movie · as Sally Jo Purkey
Falcon Crest
TV · as Anne Bowen · 3 eps
Make Me an Offer
Movie · as Joyce Windsor
A Cry for Love
Movie · as Polly Harris
The Concorde... Airport '79
Movie · as Maggie Whelan
Dreamer
Movie · as Karen Lee
Secrets
Movie · as Andrea Fleming
Rich Man, Poor Man
TV · as Julie Prescott · 12 eps
Report to the Commissioner
Movie · as Patty Butler
Capone
Movie · as Iris Crawford
Shampoo
Movie · as Girl on Street (uncredited)
The Towering Inferno
Movie · as Patty
The Lords of Flatbush
Movie · as Jane Bradshaw
The Way We Were
Movie · as Judianne
Savages
Movie · as Cecily, a Debutante
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Sarah Cooper · 1 ep