Susan Bluestein

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Susan Bluestein
Born (1946-05-27) May 27, 1946 (age 78)
OccupationAmerican casting director
Years active1980–1997
Spouse
(m. 1976;died 1991)
Children1

Susan Bluestein (born May 27, 1946) is an American casting director and the widow of actor Brad Davis.

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Biography

Born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York, [1] Bluestein has spent much of her career casting television movies, including The People vs. Jean Harris , A Piano for Mrs. Cimino , Casualties of Love: The "Long Island Lolita" Story , and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All . She cast multiple episodes of the series Punky Brewster , Providence and JAG and has cast every episode of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles since their premieres. [2]

Bluestein's casting credits for feature films include Crimes of the Heart , Who's Harry Crumb? , and Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey . Her other projects include the 2008 BBC/HBO docudrama House of Saddam and Dehli-6 .

Awards

In 1995, Bluestein won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for her work on NYPD Blue . [3]

In 2014, NCIS star Pauley Perrette presented Bluestein and her casting partner, Jason Kennedy, the Media Access Casting Society of America Award for their work promoting awareness of the disability experience, accessibility for people with disabilities, and the accurate depiction of characters with disabilities. [4] [5] [6]

Family

Bluestein and Davis were married in 1976 and had one child, actor Alex Blue Davis, who is a transgender man. [1] [7] In 1985, Davis was diagnosed HIV-positive, a condition he and Bluestein kept secret until just before his death in 1991, by assisted suicide. [1] Bluestein co-authored a biographical memoir in 1997. [8]

Casting filmography

Project TitleProject TypeYearOther details
NCIS: Los Angeles TV series2009–2022
NCIS TV series2003–2022
NCIS: New Orleans TV series2014–2017
The Dresden Files TV series2008original casting
House of Saddam TV mini-series2008U.S. casting
SpellboundTV pilot2007
Pu-239 Film2007U.S. casting
A Little Thing Called Murder TV movie2006 Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie
MermaidTV pilot2005
JAG TV series2003–2005
Vegas DickTV pilot2003
Providence TV series1999–2002
The Learning Curve Film2001
Murder on the Orient Express TV movie2001
Voyage of the Unicorn TV movie2001
Chestnut HillTV pilot2001
A Vision of Murder: The Story of DonielleTV movie2000
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York TV mini-series1999
Creature TV movie1998
The Price of HeavenTV movie1997
A Face to Die For TV movie1996
Sweet Temptation Film1996
Riders of the Purple SageTV movie1996
Ink TV series1996–1997
Kidnapped: In the Line of DutyTV movie1995
Children of the Dust TV mini-series1995
The Haunting of Seacliff InnTV movie1994
Shadows of Desire TV movie1994
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly HillsTV movie1994 Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells AllTV movie1994 Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie
NYPD Blue TV series1995 Emmy Award win & Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Drama Series
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey Film1993
The Last HitTV movie1993
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story TV movie1993
Alex Haley's Queen TV mini-series1993 Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Mini-Series
Double EdgeTV movie1992
Heart of Darkness Film1993Los Angeles casting
Angel FallsTV series1993
We're Talking Serious Money Film1992
Saturday'sTV pilot1991
Dillinger TV movie1991
When You Remember Me TV movie1990
Tripwire Film1990
Rock HudsonTV movie1990
The Final DaysTV movie1989 Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie
Who's Harry Crumb? Film1989
The EdgeTV mini-series1989
Dream BreakersTV movie1989
Red Earth, White EarthTV movie1989
Dance 'Til Dawn TV movie1988
Something Is Out There TV mini-series1988
My Two Dads TV series1987–1990
DaddyTV movie1987
A Different World TV series1983original casting
Thompson's Last RunTV movie1986
Crimes of the Heart Film1986
Our Family Honor TV series1985–1986
Anatomy of an IllnessTV movie1984
Punky Brewster TV series1984–1988
Choices of the Heart TV movie1983
CasablancaTV series1983
Private School Film1983
Another Woman's ChildTV movie1983
Coming Out of the Ice TV movie1982
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino TV movie1982
The Nashville GrabTV movie1981
The People vs. Jean HarrisTV movie1981
The Killing of Randy WebsterTV movie1981
Mark, I Love YouTV movie1980
A Christmas Without Snow TV movie1980

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  8. Bluestein Davis, Susan; de Vries, Hilary (April 1997). After Midnight: The life and death of Brad Davis (hardcover ed.). New York, NY: Pocket Books. ISBN   978-0671-79672-3. Chronicles Davis' triumph over drug addiction, his discovery that he was HIV-positive, and the struggle to hide his condition from Hollywood. ISBN   0-671-79672-0