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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1948-09-07
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 7.5
- info Birth Place Frankfurt, Germany
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Susan Blakely
4.7
My Mom's a Werewolf
1989-05-11
4.5
L.A. Twister
2004-08-13
7.1
The Towering Inferno
1974-12-14
5.7
Wildflower
1991-12-03
5.9
Hate Crime
2005-01-14
6.3
The Bunker
1981-04-15
4.8
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979-08-17
6.8
Report to the Commissioner
1975-02-05
5.9
The Perfect Neighbor
2005-09-13
5.8
The Lords of Flatbush
1974-05-01
0
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986-11-24
4.6
Grizzly Park
2008-02-07
6
Capone
1975-04-16
3.8
Crash Point Zero
2000-11-22
4.6
Co-ed Call Girl
1996-02-11
5
A Mother's Testimony
2001-03-06
5.7
April Morning
1988-04-24
0
Gut Feeling
1999-01-01
6.6
The Incident
1990-03-04
5.7
Race Against Fear
1998-09-07
7
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008-01-14
4
Russian Holiday
1992-01-01
5
Annihilator
1986-04-07
5.3
Dreamer
1979-04-27
3.6
Blackmail
1991-10-23
5
Dead Reckoning
1990-05-23
7
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983-02-22
2.4
The Survivalist
1987-01-02
6.5
Hungry Hearts
2002-10-05
3.6
The Perfect Boyfriend
2013-07-04
5.8
Dream a Little Dream
1989-03-03
6.5
And the Sea Will Tell
1991-02-24
7
The Way We Were
1973-10-17
5
International Airport
1985-05-25
6
Shampoo
1975-02-11
4.5
Make Me an Offer
1980-01-11
0
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
1987-11-30
5
Color Me Perfect
1996-11-05
4
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1990-06-01
7
Hiroshima Maiden
1988-05-14
6.5
Blood & Orchids
1986-02-23
5.3
Broken Angel
1988-03-13
3
Remember to Breathe
2013-02-28
3
Ladykillers
1988-11-09
5
Savages
1972-06-27
5.2
Displacement
2016-06-15
0
Torn Between Two Fathers
1989-04-20
2.6
The Genesis Code
2010-08-25
6.8
The Perfect Nanny
2000-03-16
6
Stingray
1985-07-14
0
A Cry for Love
1980-10-20
3.2
Her Married Lover
1999-10-07
1
The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981-01-23
0
Secrets
1977-02-20
7
Seven Sundays
1995-01-11
5
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994-04-18
5.9
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011-02-01
6.4
Over the Top
1987-02-13
6
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992-01-19
0
Murder Times Seven
1990-10-14
6.6
Mating Dance
2008-07-15
5.5
No Child of Mine
1993-10-31
2
Pride
2011-10-22
5.4
Chain of Command
2000-07-22
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985-09-27
7.8
Cold Case
2003-09-28
7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003-09-22
7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003-07-22
7
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-04-21
6.8
Hotel
1982-08-21
7.7
Step by Step
1991-09-20
6
Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26
7.3
Stingray
1985-07-14
6
Baywatch
1989-04-23
6.4
7th Heaven
1996-08-26
8.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29
5.5
Twice in a Lifetime
1999-08-25
6.1
The Hitchhiker
1983-11-01
7.8
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976-02-01
7.9
Southland
2009-04-09
0
Eddie Dodd
1991-03-12
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993-10-29
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006-09-24
6.8
Intruders
1992-05-17
8.2
This Is Us
2016-09-20
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
7.7
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005-03-18
5.7
Finder of Lost Loves
1984-09-22
6.4
Cougar Town
2009-09-23
7.1
Strong Medicine
2000-07-23
6.5
Blood & Orchids
1986-02-23
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.3
She Spies
2002-07-20
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
5.7
Falcon Crest
1981-12-04