1948-09-07 ( 76 years old ) in 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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Movies
Displacement
2016-06-15
The Perfect Boyfriend
2013-07-04
Remember to Breathe
2013-02-28
Pride
2011-10-22
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011-02-01
The Genesis Code
2010-08-25
To Comfort You
2009-09-19
Mating Dance
2008-07-15
Grizzly Park
2008-02-07
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008-01-14
The Perfect Neighbor
2005-09-13
Hate Crime
2005-01-14
L.A. Twister
2004-08-13
Hungry Hearts
2002-10-05
A Mother's Testimony
2001-03-06
Crash Point Zero
2000-11-22
Chain of Command
2000-07-22
The Perfect Nanny
2000-03-16
Her Married Lover
1999-10-07
Gut Feeling
1999-01-01
Race Against Fear
1998-09-07
Color Me Perfect
1996-11-05
Co-ed Call Girl
1996-02-11
Seven Sundays
1995-01-11
No Child of Mine
1993-10-31
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992-01-19
Russian Holiday
1992-01-01
Wildflower
1991-12-03
Blackmail
1991-10-23
And the Sea Will Tell
1991-02-24
Murder Times Seven
1990-10-14
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1990-06-01
Dead Reckoning
1990-05-23
The Incident
1990-03-04
My Mom's a Werewolf
1989-05-11
Torn Between Two Fathers
1989-04-20
Dream a Little Dream
1989-03-03
Ladykillers
1988-11-09
Hiroshima Maiden
1988-05-14
April Morning
1988-04-24
Broken Angel
1988-03-13
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
1987-11-30
Over the Top
1987-02-13
The Survivalist
1987-01-02
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986-11-24
Annihilator
1986-04-07
Blood & Orchids
1986-02-23
Stingray
1985-07-14
International Airport
1985-05-25
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983-02-22
The Bunker
1981-04-15
The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981-01-23
A Cry for Love
1980-10-20
Make Me an Offer
1980-01-11
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979-08-17
Dreamer
1979-04-27
Secrets
1977-02-20
Capone
1975-04-16
Shampoo
1975-02-11
Report to the Commissioner
1975-02-05
The Towering Inferno
1974-12-14
The Lords of Flatbush
1974-05-01
The Way We Were
1973-10-17
Savages
1972-06-27
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