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 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, ...

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Blood & Orchids (1986)

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. Almost immediately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Thorpe
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Jane Alexander  •  Sean Young  •  José Ferrer

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't want to get involved, fearing they might be blamed, because she was white, but do so anyway. Almost immediately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Thorpe
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Jane Alexander  •  Sean Young  •  José Ferrer

Dream a Little Dream (1989)

Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body and can only contact Bobby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Rocco
CAST:  Corey Feldman  •  Corey Haim  •  Jason Robards  •  Meredith Salenger

Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body and can only contact Bobby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Rocco
CAST:  Corey Feldman  •  Corey Haim  •  Jason Robards  •  Meredith Salenger

Dreamer (1979)

The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Nosseck
CAST:  Tim Matheson  •  Susan Blakely  •  Jack Warden  •  Richard B. Shull

The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Nosseck
CAST:  Tim Matheson  •  Susan Blakely  •  Jack Warden  •  Richard B. Shull

Over the Top (1987)

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Robert Loggia  •  Rick Zumwalt  •  Susan Blakely

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Menahem Golan
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Robert Loggia  •  Rick Zumwalt  •  Susan Blakely

Savages (1972)

A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Lewis J. Stadlen  •  Anne Francine  •  Thayer David  •  Susan Blakely

A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Lewis J. Stadlen  •  Anne Francine  •  Thayer David  •  Susan Blakely

Shampoo (1975)

George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  Warren Beatty  •  Julie Christie  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Lee Grant

George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  Warren Beatty  •  Julie Christie  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Lee Grant

The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Susan Blakely  •  Robert Wagner  •  Sylvia Kristel

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Alain Delon  •  Susan Blakely  •  Robert Wagner  •  Sylvia Kristel

The Towering Inferno (1974)

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Paul Newman  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Robert Vaughn

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Guillermin
CAST:  Steve McQueen  •  Paul Newman  •  Faye Dunaway  •  Robert Vaughn

The Way We Were (1973)

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Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Barbra Streisand  •  Robert Redford  •  Bradford Dillman  •  Lois Chiles

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Barbra Streisand  •  Robert Redford  •  Bradford Dillman  •  Lois Chiles

The Lords of Flatbush (1974)

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into street fights, and hang out at a local malt shop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Davidson  •  Stephen Verona
CAST:  Perry King  •  Sylvester Stallone  •  Henry Winkler  •  Paul Mace

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into street fights, and hang out at a local malt shop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Davidson  •  Stephen Verona
CAST:  Perry King  •  Sylvester Stallone  •  Henry Winkler  •  Paul Mace

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Harry Morgan  •  Susan Blakely  •  Ariana Richards

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Harry Morgan  •  Susan Blakely  •  Ariana Richards

The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)

Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Ronee Blakley  •  Sarah Cunningham  •  Judyann Elder

Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Ronee Blakley  •  Sarah Cunningham  •  Judyann Elder

Out of Sight, Out of Mind (1990)

A rich woman becomes paranoid after losing her daughter to a so-called Kabuki Killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greydon Clark
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Edward Albert  •  Wings Hauser  •  Lynn-Holly Johnson

A rich woman becomes paranoid after losing her daughter to a so-called Kabuki Killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Greydon Clark
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Edward Albert  •  Wings Hauser  •  Lynn-Holly Johnson

Annihilator (1986)

Humanoid killer robots stalk a newspaperman, who has knowledge of their existence. One of the robots is made to look like his girl friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Chapman
CAST:  Mark Lindsay Chapman  •  Susan Blakely  •  Lisa Blount  •  Brion James

Humanoid killer robots stalk a newspaperman, who has knowledge of their existence. One of the robots is made to look like his girl friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Chapman
CAST:  Mark Lindsay Chapman  •  Susan Blakely  •  Lisa Blount  •  Brion James

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery (2008)

Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked room surrounded by people in a deep trance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David S. Cass Sr.
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Barry Van Dyke  •  Shane van Dyke  •  Mia Cottet

Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the leader is killed in a locked room surrounded by people in a deep trance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David S. Cass Sr.
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Barry Van Dyke  •  Shane van Dyke  •  Mia Cottet

A Cry for Love (1980)

Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Powers Boothe  •  Susan Blakely  •  Charles Siebert  •  Herb Edelman

Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Powers Boothe  •  Susan Blakely  •  Charles Siebert  •  Herb Edelman

Broken Angel (1988)

A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Susan Blakely  •  Roxann Dawson  •  Erika Eleniak

A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Susan Blakely  •  Roxann Dawson  •  Erika Eleniak

Mating Dance (2008)

A romantic cop thriller with a twist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cate Caplin
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Carina Cherbosque  •  Shawn Christian  •  Lauren German

A romantic cop thriller with a twist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cate Caplin
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Carina Cherbosque  •  Shawn Christian  •  Lauren German

Secrets (1977)

A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the "secret" to happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Roy Thinnes  •  Joanne Linville  •  John Randolph

A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the "secret" to happiness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Wendkos
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Roy Thinnes  •  Joanne Linville  •  John Randolph

Hungry Hearts (2002)

The story focuses on a young, up-and-coming chef who caters a party for four mysterious women only to discover they have a shocking surprise in store for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf Schrader
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Stirling Gardner  •  Marjory Graue  •  Pauley Perrette

The story focuses on a young, up-and-coming chef who caters a party for four mysterious women only to discover they have a shocking surprise in store for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf Schrader
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Stirling Gardner  •  Marjory Graue  •  Pauley Perrette
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