Susan Blakely
Acting
Born: September 7, 1948 (age 77) · Frankfurt, Germany
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susan Blakely, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Two and a Half Men
2003
NCIS
2003
Over the Top
1987
This Is Us
2016
The Towering Inferno
1974
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Baywatch
1989
Nip/Tuck
2003
The Way We Were
1973
Step by Step
1991
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Photos (1)
Movies (64)
Over the Top
Christina Hawk
The Towering Inferno
Patty
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Vivian Ashe
The Way We Were
Judianne
The Concorde... Airport '79
Maggie Whelan
Shampoo
Girl on Street (uncredited)
Capone
Iris Crawford
Dream a Little Dream
Cherry Diamond
The Bunker
Eva Braun
The Lords of Flatbush
Jane Bradshaw
The Incident
Billie
Wildflower
Ada Guthrie
Airports
2025
My Mom's a Werewolf
Leslie Shaber
Report to the Commissioner
Patty Butler
Grizzly Park
Unhappy Camper
And the Sea Will Tell
Gail Bugliosi
Hate Crime
Martha Boyd
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Camilla Meera
Secrets
Andrea Fleming
The Perfect Neighbor
Jeannie Costigan
Her Married Lover
Laura Mannhart
Co-ed Call Girl
Teri Halbert
A Mother's Testimony
Donna Mulroney
Chain of Command
Meg Danforth
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Frances Farmer
Murder Times Seven
Gert Kiley
April Morning
Sarah Cooper
Hungry Hearts
Barbi Harris
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Patricia Erdain
No Child of Mine
Peggy Young
The Genesis Code
Beverly Truman
Crash Point Zero
Barbara Esmond
Annihilator
Layla
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Leslie Abramson
Gut Feeling
1999
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Billie Cobb
Blackmail
Lucinda
Russian Holiday
Susan Dennison
Broken Angel
Catherine Coburn
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Sally Jo Purkey
L.A. Twister
Vivian
Displacement
Carol Sinclair
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Joan Kennedy
The Perfect Nanny
Dr. Julia Bruning
Hiroshima Maiden
Betty Bennett
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Alice Lundgren
International Airport
Jeanne Roberts
Ladykillers
Lilah Corbett
Dreamer
Karen Lee
The Perfect Boyfriend
Clara
Savages
Cecily, a Debutante
Dead Reckoning
Alex Barnard
Seven Sundays
Alice
Race Against Fear
Margaret Carlyle
Pride
Theresa
Mating Dance
Abby's mother
Stingray
Evelyn Decter
Color Me Perfect
Dr. Linda Ryan
The Survivalist
Linda Ryan
Make Me an Offer
Joyce Windsor
To Comfort You
Angela
Remember to Breathe
Kathleen
Dad's A Dog
Melody McBride
TV Shows (36)
NCIS
Dr. Cadence Darwin · 1 eps
Two and a Half Men
Angie · 2 eps
Cold Case
Mollie Felice (2006) · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Christina Hellinger · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Pauline Byrne · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Catherine Wayne · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Joyce Hacker · 1 eps
Nip/Tuck
Valerie Farrell · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Elaine York · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Gillian · 1 eps
This Is Us
Anne · 2 eps
Baywatch
1 eps
Falcon Crest
Anne Bowen · 3 eps
Strong Medicine
Camille Cantrell · 1 eps
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Mrs. Madigan · 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
Celia Calmartin · 1 eps
Hotel
3 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Meredith Clancy · 1 eps
Step by Step
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Linda Wolfe (segment "The Card") · 1 eps
Cougar Town
Betsy · 1 eps
Southland
Linda Sherman · 1 eps
Southland
1 eps
7th Heaven
Elizabeth Brown · 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Melody · 1 eps
She Spies
Katherine McBain · 1 eps
Twice in a Lifetime
Tory Van Dyke / Markie James · 1 eps
Finder of Lost Loves
Jennifer Avery · 1 eps
Rich Man, Poor Man
Julie Prescott · 12 eps
Stingray
1 eps
Intruders
Leigh Holland · 2 eps
And the Sea Will Tell
Gail Bugliosi · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Cooper · 1 eps
Blood & Orchids
Marie Farrell · 2 eps
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1 eps
