Susan Blakely

Born: 1948-09-07

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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Over the Top

as Christina Hawk
Released: 1987-02-13

Sylvester Stallone stars as hard-luck big-rig trucker Lincoln Hawk and takes us under the...

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The Towering Inferno

as Patty
Released: 1974-12-14

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out,...

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Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

as Vivian Ashe
Released: 2011-02-01

Puppy mayhem turns the lives of newlywed Chihuahua parents Papi and Chloe upside down when their...

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The Way We Were

as Judianne
Released: 1973-10-17

Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive...

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The Concorde... Airport '79

as Maggie Whelan
Released: 1979-08-17

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and...

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The Lords of Flatbush

as Jane Bradshaw
Released: 1974-05-01

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as...

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Shampoo

as Girl on Street (uncredited)
Released: 1975-02-11

A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying...

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The Bunker

as Eva Braun
Released: 1981-04-15

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his...

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Dream a Little Dream

as Cherry Diamond
Released: 1989-03-03

Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working...

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Capone

as Iris Crawford
Released: 1975-04-16

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago....

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My Mom's a Werewolf

as Leslie Shaber
Released: 1989-05-11

The frustrated housewife Leslie visits an animal shop to purchase a flea-collar. Unknowing that...

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Report to the Commissioner

as Patty Butler
Released: 1975-02-05

Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick'...

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Hate Crime

as Martha Boyd
Released: 2005-01-14

Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of...

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Grizzly Park

as Unhappy Camper
Released: 2008-02-07

A giant grizzly bear stalks 8 troubled young adults and a park ranger in a forest reserve called...

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April Morning

as Sarah Cooper
Released: 1988-04-24

A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.

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Wildflower

as Ada Guthrie
Released: 1991-12-03

One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially...

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The Oklahoma City Dolls

as Sally Jo Purkey
Released: 1981-01-23

Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers...

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The Perfect Neighbor

as Jeannie Costigan
Released: 2005-09-13

A disturbed new neighbor fixates on another woman's husband.

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Chain of Command

as Meg Danforth
Released: 2000-07-22

Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's...

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The Incident

as Billie
Released: 1990-03-04

Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set...

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Co-ed Call Girl

as Teri Halbert
Released: 1996-02-11

Thanks to a roommate's practical joke, bookish college student Joanna Halbert finds herself...

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Stingray

as Evelyn Decter
Released: 1985-07-14

A district attorney is kidnapped by a criminal who then has a deranged doctor do something to...

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The Genesis Code

as Beverly Truman
Released: 2010-08-25

A college hockey player and a female journalism student struggle to find common ground with...

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A Mother's Testimony

as Donna Mulroney
Released: 2001-03-06

An ex-convict's mother's worst suspicions about her son are confirmed when he is implicated in a...

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And the Sea Will Tell

as Gail Bugliosi
Released: 1991-02-24

A wealthy couple (James Brolin and Deidre Hall) are killed on their yacht off the coast of a...

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Crash Point Zero

as Barbara Esmond
Released: 2000-11-22

A scientist recovers a powerful weapon created by inventor Nicola Tesla in the early twentieth...

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Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

as Billie Cobb
Released: 1992-01-19

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is...

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International Airport

as Jeanne Roberts
Released: 1985-05-25

Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the...

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Displacement

as Carol Sinclair
Released: 2016-06-15

A young physics student must find a way to reverse a deadly quantum time anomaly and solve the...

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Blood & Orchids

as Marie Farrell
Released: 1986-02-23

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach...

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Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

as Camilla Meera
Released: 2008-01-14

Criminology professor Jonathan Maxwell investigates a murder at a new age retreat where the...

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Blackmail

as Lucinda
Released: 1991-10-23

Two drifters attempt to blackmail a gangster's wife.

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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders

as Leslie Abramson
Released: 1994-04-18

TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife...

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Her Married Lover

as Laura Mannhart
Released: 1999-10-07

Film editor Katie and suspense novelist Richard share an erotically charged moment during a...

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No Child of Mine

as Peggy Young
Released: 1993-10-31

A woman attempts to stop her daughter signing away her down syndrome grandson for adoption....

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

as Alice Lundgren
Released: 1990-06-01

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

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Broken Angel

as Catherine Coburn
Released: 1988-03-13

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

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Annihilator

as Layla
Released: 1986-04-07

Humanoid killer robots stalk a newspaperman, who has knowledge of their existence. One of the...

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Seven Sundays

as Alice
Released: 1995-01-11

Dodo, a French man living in Florida, has one goal in life: Get by without working. Difficult to...

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Will There Really Be a Morning?

as Frances Farmer
Released: 1983-02-22

This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary...

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The Perfect Nanny

as Dr. Julia Bruning
Released: 2000-03-16

Upon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt,...

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Ladykillers

as Lilah Corbett
Released: 1988-11-09

A female police detective enlists her boyfriend to help her track down a murderer picking off...

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Mating Dance

as Abby's mother
Released: 2008-07-15

A romantic cop thriller with a twist.

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Race Against Fear

as Margaret Carlyle
Released: 1998-09-07

When a young track star is raped by her coach, no one but her mother will believe her story.

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The Perfect Boyfriend

as Clara
Released: 2013-07-04

A charming but devious man conspires to bilk a wealthy veterinarian of her money.

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Pride

as Theresa
Released: 2011-10-22

On the morning of his annual gay pride party, Stephen is forced to take in his homophobic father...

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L.A. Twister

as Vivian
Released: 2004-08-13

The satirical journey of two guys in Los Angeles making their film as they go through the...

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Savages

as Cecily, a Debutante
Released: 1972-06-27

A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest....

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The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story

as Joan Kennedy
Released: 1986-11-24

A profile in courage, the film examines the trauma and effort that Senator Edward Kennedy's son...

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Dreamer

as Karen Lee
Released: 1979-04-27

The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship....

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The Survivalist

as Linda Ryan
Released: 1987-01-02

An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.

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Hungry Hearts

as Barbi Harris
Released: 2002-10-05

The story focuses on a young, up-and-coming chef who caters a party for four mysterious women...

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Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery

as Patricia Erdain
Released: 1987-11-30

Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural...

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Gut Feeling

as uncredited
Released: 1999-01-01

A young advertising executive creates the world's hottest ad campaign, only to find himself...

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Russian Holiday

as Susan Dennison
Released: 1992-01-01

In this thriller, an American schoolteacher visits St. Petersburg, Russia and ends up entangled...

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Secrets

as Andrea Fleming
Released: 1977-02-20

A young woman trapped in an unhappy marriage goes from affair to affair in her search for the...

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Make Me an Offer

as Joyce Windsor
Released: 1980-01-11

Joyce Windsor is a woman who gets involved in the real estate game after the husband she helped...

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Murder Times Seven

as Gert Kiley
Released: 1990-10-14

For the third time, Lieutenant Janek is forced to face alone a difficult case, which has some...

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Remember to Breathe

as Kathleen
Released: 2013-02-28

Alice Martin (Lee Meriwether), a former musical headliner, now lives alone and forgotten in a...

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Dead Reckoning

as Alex Barnard
Released: 1990-05-23

A doctor, his wife and her lover make a voyage on the yacht of the doctor. But when the weather...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Two and a Half Men

as Angie
First aired: 2003-09-22

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and...

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Baywatch

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-04-23

Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and...

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Cold Case

as Mollie Felice (2006)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Strong Medicine

as Camille Cantrell
First aired: 2000-07-23

The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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Falcon Crest

as Anne Bowen
First aired: 1981-12-04

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...

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This Is Us

as Anne
First aired: 2016-09-20

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Dr. Elaine York
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Gillian
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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The Twilight Zone

as Linda Wolfe
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Christina Hellinger
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Pauline Byrne
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Catherine Wayne
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Joyce Hacker
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Brothers and Sisters

as Celia Calmartin
First aired: 2006-09-24

The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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Nip/Tuck

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-07-22

Hotshot plastic surgeons Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy experience full-blown midlife...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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Step by Step

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-09-20

Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get...

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Walker, Texas Ranger

as Meredith Clancy
First aired: 1993-04-21

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in...

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Twice in a Lifetime

as Tory Van Dyke / Markie James
First aired: 1999-08-25

Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in...

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7th Heaven

as Elizabeth Brown
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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Cougar Town

as Betsy
First aired: 2009-09-23

Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of...

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The Hitchhiker

as Melody
First aired: 1983-11-01

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes...

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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

as Mrs. Madigan
First aired: 2005-03-18

Meet Zack and Cody, 11 year-old identical twins and the newest residents of Boston's swanky...

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Southland

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-04-09

A raw and authentic look into the Los Angeles crime scene, going far inside the lives of cops,...

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She Spies

as Katherine McBain
First aired: 2002-07-20

She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17,...

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Finder of Lost Loves

as Jennifer Avery
First aired: 1984-09-22

The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private...

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Stingray

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-07-14

Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting...

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Rich Man, Poor Man

as Julie Prescott
First aired: 1976-02-01

Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career...

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Intruders

as Leigh Holland
First aired: 1992-05-17

When psychiatrist Dr. Neil Chase encounters two women suffering from the same symptoms with...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sarah Cooper
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Blood & Orchids

as Marie Farrell
First aired: 1986-02-23

Blood & Orchids is a 1986 made-for-TV crime-drama film. Written for the screen by Norman Katkov,...

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