
Susan Blakely
Known for ActingBorn 1948-09-07 (age 77)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.Read more
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A Cry for Love
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A Cry for Love
1980 · Movie
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Dad's A Dog
1990 · Movie
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This Is Us
2016 · Series
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Hungry Hearts
2002 · Movie
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
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Southland
2009 · Series
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Stingray
1985 · Movie
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Cold Case
2003 · Series
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Step by Step
1991 · Series
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005 · Series
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Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Series
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NCIS
2003 · Series
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She Spies
2002 · Series
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Seven Sundays
1995 · Movie
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The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
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Two and a Half Men
2003 · Series
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Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
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Hiroshima Maiden
1988 · Movie
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Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
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Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
1987 · Movie
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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994 · Movie
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Nip/Tuck
2003 · Series
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Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Series
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
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Stingray
1985 · Series
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Blood & Orchids
1986 · Series
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Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
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Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Series
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Murder Times Seven
1990 · Movie
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Intruders
1992 · Series
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The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986 · Movie
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983 · Movie
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Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008 · Movie
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Secrets
1977 · Movie
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The Towering Inferno
1974 · Movie
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The Way We Were
1973 · Movie
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Hotel
1982 · Series
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Race Against Fear
1998 · Movie
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Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Series
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Cougar Town
2009 · Series
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Color Me Perfect
1996 · Movie
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7th Heaven
1996 · Series
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Broken Angel
1988 · Movie
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The Incident
1990 · Movie
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Report to the Commissioner
1975 · Movie
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Over the Top
1987 · Movie
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Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · Series