Susan Blakely
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1948-09-07 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Also known as
- Susie Blakely
Biography
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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Known For
TV Shows (33)
NCIS
2003
as Dr. Cadence Darwin
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Angie
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Christina Hellinger / Pauline Byrne / Catherine Wayne / Joyce Hacker
Falcon Crest
1981
as Anne Bowen
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Dr. Elaine York / Gillian
Cold Case
2003
as Mollie Felice (2006)
Baywatch
1989
This Is Us
2016
as Anne
Strong Medicine
2000
as Camille Cantrell
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Valerie Farrell
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Celia Calmartin
Hotel
1982
Step by Step
1991
Jake and the Fatman
1987
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Linda Wolfe (segment "The Card")
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Meredith Clancy
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
as Mrs. Madigan
7th Heaven
1996
as Elizabeth Brown
Cougar Town
2009
as Betsy
Southland
2009
as Linda Sherman
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Melody
She Spies
2002
as Katherine McBain
Twice in a Lifetime
1999
as Tory Van Dyke / Markie James
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Jennifer Avery
Stingray
1985
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976
as Julie Prescott
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Sarah Cooper
Intruders
1992
as Leigh Holland
Eddie Dodd
1991
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Gail Bugliosi
Blood & Orchids
1986
as Marie Farrell
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Movies (66)
Over the Top
1987
as Christina Hawk
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Patty
The Way We Were
1973
as Judianne
Capone
1975
as Iris Crawford
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Vivian Ashe
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Maggie Whelan
Shampoo
1975
as Girl on Street (uncredited)
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
as Jane Bradshaw
Dream a Little Dream
1989
as Cherry Diamond
Wildflower
1991
as Ada Guthrie
April Morning
1988
as Sarah Cooper
A Mother's Testimony
2001
as Donna Mulroney
Co-ed Call Girl
1996
as Teri Halbert
The Bunker
1981
as Eva Braun
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
as Gail Bugliosi
Hate Crime
2005
as Martha Boyd
Pride
2011
as Theresa
Report to the Commissioner
1975
as Patty Butler
Murder Times Seven
1990
as Gert Kiley
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
1987
as Patricia Erdain
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
as Betty Bennett
My Mom's a Werewolf
1989
as Leslie Shaber
Annihilator
1986
as Layla
Grizzly Park
2008
as Unhappy Camper
The Genesis Code
2010
as Beverly Truman
Chain of Command
2000
as Meg Danforth
Ladykillers
1988
as Lilah Corbett
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008
as Camilla Meera
Dreamer
1979
as Karen Lee
International Airport
1985
as Jeanne Roberts
Her Married Lover
1999
as Laura Mannhart
Stingray
1985
as Evelyn Decter
Displacement
2016
as Carol Sinclair
Seven Sundays
1995
as Alice
The Perfect Nanny
2000
as Dr. Julia Bruning
Dead Reckoning
1990
as Alex Barnard
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1990
as Alice Lundgren
Broken Angel
1988
as Catherine Coburn
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992
as Billie Cobb
Make Me an Offer
1980
as Joyce Windsor
Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983
as Frances Farmer
No Child of Mine
1993
as Peggy Young
Race Against Fear
1998
as Margaret Carlyle
Savages
1972
as Cecily, a Debutante
Blackmail
1991
as Lucinda
Crash Point Zero
2000
as Barbara Esmond
Russian Holiday
1992
as Susan Dennison
Airports
2025
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994
as Leslie Abramson
The Oklahoma City Dolls
1981
as Sally Jo Purkey
The Perfect Neighbor
2005
as Jeannie Costigan
The Incident
1990
as Billie
The Survivalist
1987
as Linda Ryan
The Perfect Boyfriend
2013
as Clara
Hungry Hearts
2002
as Barbi Harris
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
1986
as Joan Kennedy
L.A. Twister
2004
as Vivian
A Cry for Love
1980
as Polly Harris
Secrets
1977
as Andrea Fleming
Mating Dance
2008
as Abby's mother
Gut Feeling
1999
Torn Between Two Fathers
1989
as Jennifer
To Comfort You
2009
as Angela
Color Me Perfect
1996
as Dr. Linda Ryan
Dad's A Dog
1990
as Melody McBride
Remember to Breathe
2013
as Kathleen
About Susan Blakely
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 fi… With 99 credits spanning from 1951 to 2025, Susan Blakely has appeared in 66 films and 33 TV shows.
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- Over the Top (1987) — as Christina Hawk
- The Towering Inferno (1974) — as Patty
- The Way We Were (1973) — as Judianne
- Capone (1975) — as Iris Crawford
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011) — as Vivian Ashe
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