Susan Blakely
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
NCIS
Dr. Cadence Darwin
2003
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Two and a Half Men
Angie
2003
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Elaine York
1993
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Gillian
1993
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Christina Hellinger
1984
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Pauline Byrne
1984
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Catherine Wayne
1984
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Joyce Hacker
1984
Series
Cold Case
Mollie Felice (2006)
2003
Series
This Is Us
Anne
2016
Series
Nip/Tuck
Valerie Farrell
2003
Series
Baywatch
1989
Series
Falcon Crest
Anne Bowen
1981
Series
Strong Medicine
Camille Cantrell
2000
Series
Brothers and Sisters
Celia Calmartin
2006
Series
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Mrs. Madigan
2005
Series
Hotel
1982
Series
The Twilight Zone
Linda Wolfe (segment "The Card")
1985
Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Series
Southland
Linda Sherman
2009
Series
Southland
2009
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Meredith Clancy
1993
Series
Step by Step
1991
Series
Cougar Town
Betsy
2009
Series
7th Heaven
Elizabeth Brown
1996
Series
The Hitchhiker
Melody
1983
Series
She Spies
Katherine McBain
2002
Series
Twice in a Lifetime
Tory Van Dyke / Markie James
1999
Film
Over the Top
Christina Hawk
1987
Series
Finder of Lost Loves
Jennifer Avery
1984
Series
Rich Man, Poor Man
Julie Prescott
1976
Series
Stingray
1985
Film
The Towering Inferno
Patty
1974
Film
The Way We Were
Judianne
1973
Film
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Vivian Ashe
2011
Series
Intruders
Leigh Holland
1992
Film
The Concorde... Airport '79
Maggie Whelan
1979
Film
Shampoo
Girl on Street (uncredited)
1975
Film
Capone
Iris Crawford
1975
Film
The Lords of Flatbush
Jane Bradshaw
1974
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Cooper
1951
Film
The Bunker
Eva Braun
1981
Series
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Series
And the Sea Will Tell
Gail Bugliosi
1991
Series
Blood & Orchids
Marie Farrell
1986
Eddie Dodd
1991
Film
Dream a Little Dream
Cherry Diamond
1989
Film
Wildflower
Ada Guthrie
1991
Film
Airports
2025
Film
My Mom's a Werewolf
Leslie Shaber
1989
Film
April Morning
Sarah Cooper
1988
Film
Blackmail
Lucinda
1991
Film
Report to the Commissioner
Patty Butler
1975
Film
Grizzly Park
Unhappy Camper
2008
Film
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Camilla Meera
2008
Film
The Incident
Billie
1990
Film
Her Married Lover
Laura Mannhart
1999
Film
No Child of Mine
Peggy Young
1993
Film
International Airport
Jeanne Roberts
1985
Film
Chain of Command
Meg Danforth
2000
Film
Secrets
Andrea Fleming
1977
Film
A Mother's Testimony
Donna Mulroney
2001
Film
Hate Crime
Martha Boyd
2005
Film
And the Sea Will Tell
Gail Bugliosi
1991
Film
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Frances Farmer
1983
Film
Seven Sundays
Alice
1995
Film
Annihilator
Layla
1986
Film
The Perfect Nanny
Dr. Julia Bruning
2000
Film
Co-ed Call Girl
Teri Halbert
1996
Film
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Billie Cobb
1992
Film
Crash Point Zero
Barbara Esmond
2000
Film
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Patricia Erdain
1987
Film
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Leslie Abramson
1994
Film
Stingray
Evelyn Decter
1985
Film
Savages
Cecily, a Debutante
1972
Film
Murder Times Seven
Gert Kiley
1990
Film
The Perfect Boyfriend
Clara
2013
Film
Hungry Hearts
Barbi Harris
2002
Film
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Alice Lundgren
1990
Film
Color Me Perfect
Dr. Linda Ryan
1996
Film
Dead Reckoning
Alex Barnard
1990
Film
Pride
Theresa
2011
Film
Hiroshima Maiden
Betty Bennett
1988
Film
Displacement
Carol Sinclair
2016
Film
Race Against Fear
Margaret Carlyle
1998
Film
The Perfect Neighbor
Jeannie Costigan
2005
Film
Broken Angel
Catherine Coburn
1988
A Cry for Love
Polly Harris
1980
Film
The Genesis Code
Beverly Truman
2010
Film
Make Me an Offer
Joyce Windsor
1980
Film
The Survivalist
Linda Ryan
1987
Film
Dreamer
Karen Lee
1979
Film
Dad's A Dog
Melody McBride
1990
Film
Russian Holiday
Susan Dennison
1992
Film
Ladykillers
Lilah Corbett
1988
Film
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Sally Jo Purkey
1981
Film
To Comfort You
Angela
2009
Film
Mating Dance
Abby's mother
2008
Film
Remember to Breathe
Kathleen
2013
Film
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Joan Kennedy
1986
Film
Gut Feeling
1999
Torn Between Two Fathers
Jennifer
1989
Film
L.A. Twister
Vivian
2004