Susan Blakely

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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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Susan Blakely è un'attrice e attrice cinematografica americana, che ha interpretato principalmente ruoli di supporto. È conosciuta soprattutto per il suo ruolo da protagonista nella miniserie del 1976 Rich Man, Poor Man, per la quale ha ricevuto un Golden Globe come Miglior Attrice – Serie Drammatica Televisiva. Blakely è apparso anche in film come The Towering Inferno, Report to the Commissioner, Capone, The Concorde ... Aeroporto '79, e sopra le righe. Blakely arrivò a Hollywood all'inizio degli anni '70 e iniziò a recitare ruoli di supporto in film come Savages, The Way We Were e The Lords of Flatbush. Il suo primo ruolo importante fu quello di Patty Simmons nel film catastrofico del 1974 The Towering Inferno. L'anno successivo interpretò i ruoli femminili principali nei film Report to the Commissioner insieme a Michael Moriarty e Capone accanto a Ben Gazzara. Blakely ottenne ampi consensi dalla critica con il suo ruolo da protagonista nella miniserie Rich Man, Poor Man, basata sul romanzo omonimo del 1969 di Irwin Shaw. Per la sua interpretazione, Blakely ha vinto quell'anno il Golden Globe Award come Miglior Attrice – Serie Drammatica Televisiva e ha ottenuto una nomination al Primetime Emmy Award come Miglior Attrice Protagonista in una Miniserie o in un Film. L'anno successivo ha ottenuto una seconda nomination agli Emmy Award, quando ha ripreso il ruolo in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II. Dopo il successo televisivo, interpretò ruoli da protagonista in due film nel 1979: il film catastrofico The Concorde ... Airport '79 accanto ad Alain Delon, e il dramma sportivo Dreamer con Tim Matheson. Negli anni '80 e '90, Blakely ha interpretato ruoli da protagonista in molti film per la televisione. Ha interpretato Frances Farmer nel film del 1982 basato sull'autobiografia di Farmer, Will There Really Be a Morning?, per il quale è stata nominata al Golden Globe come Miglior Attrice – Miniserie o Film per la televisione. Ha interpretato Eva Braun accanto ad Anthony Hopkins nel film biografico su Adolf Hitler The Bunker, e Joan Kennedy in The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story. È apparsa in film come Over the Top, My Mom's a Werewolf e Hate Crime. Recentemente è apparsa come guest star in This Is Us e NCIS e negli anni passati in Hotel, The Twilight Zone, Falcon Crest, Murder, She Wrote, Nip/Tuck, Brothers & Sisters, Southland e Cougar Town.

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Frankfurt, Germany

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CharacterMovie / TV ShowGenresReleaseRating
Dr. Cadence DarwinNCISTV76% · 2,506
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