Susan Blakely
Born
September 7, 1948 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For
This Is Us
Anne · (2 episodes)
2016
Displacement
Carol Sinclair
2016
The Perfect Boyfriend
Clara
2013
Remember to Breathe
Kathleen
2013
Pride
Theresa
2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Vivian Ashe
2011
The Genesis Code
Beverly Truman
2010
Cougar Town
Betsy · (1 episode)
2009
To Comfort You
Angela
2009
Southland
(1 episode)
2009
Mating Dance
Abby's mother
2008
Grizzly Park
Unhappy Camper
2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Camilla Meera
2008
Brothers and Sisters
Celia Calmartin · (1 episode)
2006
The Perfect Neighbor
Jeannie Costigan
2005
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Mrs. Madigan · (1 episode)
2005
Hate Crime
Martha Boyd
2005
L.A. Twister
Vivian
2004
Cold Case
Mollie Felice (2006) · (1 episode)
2003
Two and a Half Men
Angie · (2 episodes)
2003
Nip/Tuck
Valerie Farrell · (1 episode)
2003
Hungry Hearts
Barbi Harris
2002
She Spies
Katherine McBain · (1 episode)
2002
A Mother's Testimony
Donna Mulroney
2001
Crash Point Zero
Barbara Esmond
2000
Strong Medicine
Camille Cantrell · (1 episode)
2000
Chain of Command
Meg Danforth
2000
The Perfect Nanny
Dr. Julia Bruning
2000
Her Married Lover
Laura Mannhart
1999
Twice in a Lifetime
Tory Van Dyke / Markie James · (1 episode)
1999
Gut Feeling
1999
Race Against Fear
Margaret Carlyle
1998
Color Me Perfect
Dr. Linda Ryan
1996
7th Heaven
Elizabeth Brown · (1 episode)
1996
Co-ed Call Girl
Teri Halbert
1996
Seven Sundays
Alice
1995
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Leslie Abramson
1994
No Child of Mine
Peggy Young
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Elaine York · (1 episode)
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Gillian · (1 episode)
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Meredith Clancy · (1 episode)
1993
Intruders
Leigh Holland · (2 episodes)
1992
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Billie Cobb
1992
Russian Holiday
Susan Dennison
1992
Wildflower
Ada Guthrie
1991
Blackmail
Lucinda
1991
Step by Step
(1 episode)
1991
Eddie Dodd
(1 episode)
1991
And the Sea Will Tell
Gail Bugliosi
1991
Murder Times Seven
Gert Kiley
1990
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Alice Lundgren
1990
Dead Reckoning
Alex Barnard
1990
The Incident
Billie
1990
My Mom's a Werewolf
Leslie Shaber
1989
Baywatch
(1 episode)
1989
Torn Between Two Fathers
Jennifer
1989
Dream a Little Dream
Cherry Diamond
1989
Ladykillers
Lilah Corbett
1988
Hiroshima Maiden
Betty Bennett
1988
April Morning
Sarah Cooper
1988
Broken Angel
Catherine Coburn
1988
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Patricia Erdain
1987
Jake and the Fatman
(1 episode)
1987
Over the Top
Christina Hawk
1987
The Survivalist
Linda Ryan
1987
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Joan Kennedy
1986
Annihilator
Layla
1986
Blood & Orchids
Marie Farrell
1986
Blood & Orchids
Marie Farrell · (2 episodes)
1986
The Twilight Zone
Linda Wolfe (segment "The Card") · (1 episode)
1985
Stingray
Evelyn Decter
1985
Stingray
(1 episode)
1985
International Airport
Jeanne Roberts
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Christina Hellinger · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Pauline Byrne · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Catherine Wayne · (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Joyce Hacker · (1 episode)
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
Jennifer Avery · (1 episode)
1984
The Hitchhiker
Melody · (1 episode)
1983
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Frances Farmer
1983
Hotel
(3 episodes)
1982
Falcon Crest
Anne Bowen · (3 episodes)
1981
The Bunker
Eva Braun
1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Sally Jo Purkey
1981
A Cry for Love
Polly Harris
1980
Make Me an Offer
Joyce Windsor
1980
The Concorde... Airport '79
Maggie Whelan
1979
Dreamer
Karen Lee
1979
Secrets
Andrea Fleming
1977
Rich Man, Poor Man
Julie Prescott · (12 episodes)
1976
Capone
Iris Crawford
1975
Shampoo
Girl on Street (uncredited)
1975
Report to the Commissioner
Patty Butler
1975
The Towering Inferno
Patty
1974
The Lords of Flatbush
Jane Bradshaw
1974
The Way We Were
Judianne
1973
Savages
Cecily, a Debutante
1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Cooper · (1 episode)
1951