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