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My Take
Susan Blakely is one of those actresses who absolutely should be more famous than she is, and if you've ever seen Rich Man, Poor Man — the 1976 ABC miniseries that had the whole country glued to their TVs — you know exactly why she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for it. She played Julie Prescott with this raw, vulnerable intensity that felt completely real, and she more than held her own opposite Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss in their breakout roles. Before that she had already shown up in The Towering Inferno, which is as stacked a disaster movie cast as Hollywood ever assembled. Born in Frankfurt and educated at UT El Paso, she's a genuinely underrated talent from the golden era of American television drama, and her Golden Globe win stands as fully deserved recognition for a seriously committed performance.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Susan Blakely
- Name (Japanese)
- スーザン・ブレイクリー
- Reading
- すーざん・ぶれいくりー
- Born
- September 7, 1948 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- University
- University of Texas at El Paso
Awards & achievements
- 1976 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Susan Blakely born?
Born September 7, 1948 (age 77).
Where is Susan Blakely from?
Susan Blakely is from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.
What does Susan Blakely do?
Susan Blakely works as actor, television actor, film actor.
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.