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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Airports
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Release Date:17/09/2025
Displacement
Character:Carol Sinclair
Release Date:15/06/2016
The Perfect Boyfriend
Character:Clara
Release Date:04/07/2013
Remember to Breathe
Character:Kathleen
Release Date:28/02/2013
Pride
Character:Theresa
Release Date:22/10/2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Character:Vivian Ashe
Release Date:01/02/2011
The Genesis Code
Character:Beverly Truman
Release Date:25/08/2010
To Comfort You
Character:Angela
Release Date:19/09/2009
Mating Dance
Character:Abby's mother
Release Date:15/07/2008
Grizzly Park
Character:Unhappy Camper
Release Date:07/02/2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Character:Camilla Meera
Release Date:14/01/2008
The Perfect Neighbor
Character:Jeannie Costigan
Release Date:13/09/2005
Hate Crime
Character:Martha Boyd
Release Date:14/01/2005
L.A. Twister
Character:Vivian
Release Date:13/08/2004
Hungry Hearts
Character:Barbi Harris
Release Date:05/10/2002
A Mother's Testimony
Character:Donna Mulroney
Release Date:06/03/2001
Crash Point Zero
Character:Barbara Esmond
Release Date:22/11/2000
Chain of Command
Character:Meg Danforth
Release Date:22/07/2000
The Perfect Nanny
Character:Dr. Julia Bruning
Release Date:16/03/2000
Her Married Lover
Character:Laura Mannhart
Release Date:07/10/1999
Gut Feeling
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1999
Race Against Fear
Character:Margaret Carlyle
Release Date:07/09/1998
Color Me Perfect
Character:Dr. Linda Ryan
Release Date:05/11/1996
Co-ed Call Girl
Character:Teri Halbert
Release Date:11/02/1996
Seven Sundays
Character:Alice
Release Date:11/01/1995
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Character:Leslie Abramson
Release Date:18/04/1994
No Child of Mine
Character:Peggy Young
Release Date:31/10/1993
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Character:Billie Cobb
Release Date:19/01/1992
Russian Holiday
Character:Susan Dennison
Release Date:01/01/1992
Wildflower
Character:Ada Guthrie
Release Date:03/12/1991
Blackmail
Character:Lucinda
Release Date:23/10/1991
And the Sea Will Tell
Character:Gail Bugliosi
Release Date:24/02/1991
Murder Times Seven
Character:Gert Kiley
Release Date:14/10/1990
Dad's A Dog
Character:Melody McBride
Release Date:06/07/1990
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Character:Alice Lundgren
Release Date:01/06/1990
Dead Reckoning
Character:Alex Barnard
Release Date:23/05/1990
The Incident
Character:Billie
Release Date:04/03/1990
My Mom's a Werewolf
Character:Leslie Shaber
Release Date:11/05/1989
Torn Between Two Fathers
Character:Jennifer
Release Date:20/04/1989
Dream a Little Dream
Character:Cherry Diamond
Release Date:03/03/1989
Ladykillers
Character:Lilah Corbett
Release Date:09/11/1988
Hiroshima Maiden
Character:Betty Bennett
Release Date:14/05/1988
April Morning
Character:Sarah Cooper
Release Date:24/04/1988
Broken Angel
Character:Catherine Coburn
Release Date:13/03/1988
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Character:Patricia Erdain
Release Date:30/11/1987
Over the Top
Character:Christina Hawk
Release Date:13/02/1987
The Survivalist
Character:Linda Ryan
Release Date:02/01/1987
The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story
Character:Joan Kennedy
Release Date:24/11/1986
Annihilator
Character:Layla
Release Date:07/04/1986
Blood & Orchids
Character:Marie Farrell
Release Date:23/02/1986
Stingray
Character:Evelyn Decter
Release Date:14/07/1985
International Airport
Character:Jeanne Roberts
Release Date:25/05/1985
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Character:Frances Farmer
Release Date:22/02/1983
The Bunker
Character:Eva Braun
Release Date:15/04/1981
The Oklahoma City Dolls
Character:Sally Jo Purkey
Release Date:23/01/1981
A Cry for Love
Character:Polly Harris
Release Date:20/10/1980
Make Me an Offer
Character:Joyce Windsor
Release Date:11/01/1980
The Concorde... Airport '79
Character:Maggie Whelan
Release Date:17/08/1979
Dreamer
Character:Karen Lee
Release Date:27/04/1979
Secrets
Character:Andrea Fleming
Release Date:20/02/1977
Capone
Character:Iris Crawford
Release Date:16/04/1975
Shampoo
Character:Girl on Street (uncredited)
Release Date:11/02/1975
Report to the Commissioner
Character:Patty Butler
Release Date:05/02/1975
The Towering Inferno
Character:Patty
Release Date:14/12/1974
The Lords of Flatbush
Character:Jane Bradshaw
Release Date:01/05/1974
The Way We Were
Character:Judianne
Release Date:17/10/1973
Savages
Character:Cecily, a Debutante
Release Date:27/06/1972
Television Appearances
This Is Us
Character:Anne
Cougar Town
Character:Betsy
Southland
Character:Linda Sherman
Brothers and Sisters
Character:Celia Calmartin
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Character:Mrs. Madigan
Cold Case
Character:Mollie Felice (2006)
NCIS
Character:Dr. Cadence Darwin
Two and a Half Men
Character:Angie
Nip/Tuck
Character:Valerie Farrell
She Spies
Character:Katherine McBain
Strong Medicine
Character:Camille Cantrell
Twice in a Lifetime
Character:Tory Van Dyke / Markie James
7th Heaven
Character:Elizabeth Brown
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Dr. Elaine York
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Gillian
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character:Meredith Clancy
Intruders
Character:Leigh Holland
Step by Step
Character:
Eddie Dodd
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Baywatch
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Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
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Jake and the Fatman
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Blood & Orchids
Character:Marie Farrell
The Twilight Zone
Character:Linda Wolfe (segment "The Card")
Stingray
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Murder, She Wrote
Character:Christina Hellinger
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Pauline Byrne
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Catherine Wayne
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Joyce Hacker
Finder of Lost Loves
Character:Jennifer Avery
The Hitchhiker
Character:Melody
Hotel
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Falcon Crest
Character:Anne Bowen
Rich Man, Poor Man
Character:Julie Prescott
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Sarah Cooper
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