Susan Blakely

Susan Blakely

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: September 07, 1948

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

My Mom's a Werewolf
My Mom's a Werewolf

1989-05-11

L.A. Twister
L.A. Twister

2004-08-13

The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno

1974-12-14

Wildflower
Wildflower

1991-12-03

Hate Crime
Hate Crime

2005-01-14

The Bunker
The Bunker

1981-04-15

The Concorde... Airport '79
The Concorde... Airport '79

1979-08-17

Report to the Commissioner
Report to the Commissioner

1975-02-05

The Perfect Neighbor
The Perfect Neighbor

2005-09-13

The Lords of Flatbush
The Lords of Flatbush

1974-05-01

The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story

1986-11-24

Grizzly Park
Grizzly Park

2008-02-07

Capone
Capone

1975-04-16

Crash Point Zero
Crash Point Zero

2000-11-22

Co-ed Call Girl
Co-ed Call Girl

1996-02-11

A Mother's Testimony
A Mother's Testimony

2001-03-06

April Morning
April Morning

1988-04-24

Gut Feeling
Gut Feeling

1999-01-01

The Incident
The Incident

1990-03-04

Race Against Fear
Race Against Fear

1998-09-07

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

2008-01-14

Russian Holiday
Russian Holiday

1992-01-01

Annihilator
Annihilator

1986-04-07

Dreamer
Dreamer

1979-04-27

Blackmail
Blackmail

1991-10-23

Dead Reckoning
Dead Reckoning

1990-05-23

Will There Really Be a Morning?
Will There Really Be a Morning?

1983-02-22

The Survivalist
The Survivalist

1987-01-02

Hungry Hearts
Hungry Hearts

2002-10-05

The Perfect Boyfriend
The Perfect Boyfriend

2013-07-04

Dream a Little Dream
Dream a Little Dream

1989-03-03

And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell

1991-02-24

The Way We Were
The Way We Were

1973-10-17

International Airport
International Airport

1985-05-25

Shampoo
Shampoo

1975-02-11

Make Me an Offer
Make Me an Offer

1980-01-11

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

1987-11-30

Color Me Perfect
Color Me Perfect

1996-11-05

Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Out of Sight, Out of Mind

1990-06-01

Hiroshima Maiden
Hiroshima Maiden

1988-05-14

Blood & Orchids
Blood & Orchids

1986-02-23

Broken Angel
Broken Angel

1988-03-13

Remember to Breathe
Remember to Breathe

2013-02-28

Ladykillers
Ladykillers

1988-11-09

Savages
Savages

1972-06-27

Displacement
Displacement

2016-06-15

Torn Between Two Fathers
Torn Between Two Fathers

1989-04-20

The Genesis Code
The Genesis Code

2010-08-25

The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny

2000-03-16

Stingray
Stingray

1985-07-14

A Cry for Love
A Cry for Love

1980-10-20

Her Married Lover
Her Married Lover

1999-10-07

The Oklahoma City Dolls
The Oklahoma City Dolls

1981-01-23

Secrets
Secrets

1977-02-20

Seven Sundays
Seven Sundays

1995-01-11

Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders

1994-04-18

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

2011-02-01

Over the Top
Over the Top

1987-02-13

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

1992-01-19

Murder Times Seven
Murder Times Seven

1990-10-14

Mating Dance
Mating Dance

2008-07-15

No Child of Mine
No Child of Mine

1993-10-31

Pride
Pride

2011-10-22

Chain of Command
Chain of Command

2000-07-22