Susan Blakely Biography

Fast Facts

• Shared the award for best female performance in a short film for "To Comfort You" at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival
• Started her career with a modeling contract from Ford Modeling Agency after being featured on a local television station in El Paso, Texas
• After being named one of the highest paid models of the late-1960s, she moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career in the early '70s
• Gained critical acclaim with 1976's television miniseries, "Rich Man, Poor Man", a role that landed her a Golden Globe win and an Emmy nomination
• Studied at the University of Texas while her father was stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas
• Launched her own line of semi-precious jewelry in 2003