Susan Blakely

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Susan Blakely

Acting 78 September 7, 1948

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 th…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
NCIS

NCIS

7.6 2003 TV Show
Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

7.5 2003 TV Show
This Is Us

This Is Us

8.2 2016 TV Show
Over the Top

Over the Top

6.5 1987 Movie
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.7 2003 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

7.0 1974 Movie
Baywatch

Baywatch

6.0 1989 TV Show
Nip/Tuck

Nip/Tuck

7.2 2003 TV Show
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

7.6 2005 TV Show
Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

7.1 1993 TV Show

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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

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  1. 2025
    Airports

    Movie

  2. 2016
    This Is Us

    TV show Anne

  3. 2016
    Displacement

    Movie Carol Sinclair

  4. 2013
    The Perfect Boyfriend

    Movie Clara

  5. 2013
    Remember to Breathe

    Movie Kathleen

  6. 2011
    Pride

    Movie Theresa

  7. 2011
    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

    Movie Vivian Ashe

  8. 2010
    The Genesis Code

    Movie Beverly Truman

  9. 2009
    Cougar Town

    TV show Betsy

  10. 2009
    To Comfort You

    Movie Angela

  11. 2009
    Southland

    TV show Linda Sherman

  12. 2008
    Mating Dance

    Movie Abby's mother

  13. 2008
    Grizzly Park

    Movie Unhappy Camper

  14. 2008
    Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

    Movie Camilla Meera

  15. 2006
    Brothers and Sisters

    TV show Celia Calmartin

  16. 2005
    The Perfect Neighbor

    Movie Jeannie Costigan

More credits
  1. 2005
    The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

    TV show Mrs. Madigan

  2. 2005
    Hate Crime

    Movie Martha Boyd

  3. 2004
    L.A. Twister

    Movie Vivian

  4. 2003
    Cold Case

    TV show Mollie Felice (2006)

  5. 2003
    NCIS

    TV show Dr. Cadence Darwin

  6. 2003
    Two and a Half Men

    TV show Angie

  7. 2003
    Nip/Tuck

    TV show Valerie Farrell

  8. 2002
    Hungry Hearts

    Movie Barbi Harris

  9. 2002
    She Spies

    TV show Katherine McBain

  10. 2001
    A Mother's Testimony

    Movie Donna Mulroney

  11. 2000
    Crash Point Zero

    Movie Barbara Esmond

  12. 2000
    Strong Medicine

    TV show Camille Cantrell

  13. 2000
    Chain of Command

    Movie Meg Danforth

  14. 2000
    The Perfect Nanny

    Movie Dr. Julia Bruning

  15. 1999
    Her Married Lover

    Movie Laura Mannhart

  16. 1999
    Twice in a Lifetime

    TV show Tory Van Dyke / Markie James

  17. 1999
    Gut Feeling

    Movie

  18. 1998
    Race Against Fear

    Movie Margaret Carlyle

  19. 1996
    Color Me Perfect

    Movie Dr. Linda Ryan

  20. 1996
    7th Heaven

    TV show Elizabeth Brown

  21. 1996
    Co-ed Call Girl

    Movie Teri Halbert

  22. 1995
    Seven Sundays

    Movie Alice

  23. 1994
    Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders

    Movie Leslie Abramson

  24. 1993
    No Child of Mine

    Movie Peggy Young