Susan Flannery

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Susan Flannery
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Flannery at the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards, 2009
Born (1939-07-31) July 31, 1939 (age 84)
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. [1] [2]
Alma mater Stephens College (BA)
Occupation(s)Actress, director
Years active1963–2018
Children1

Susan Flannery (born July 31, 1939) is an American actress and director. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1965 Western film Guns of Diablo and later appeared in some television series. From 1966 to 1975, Flannery starred as Laura Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives for which she received her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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Flannery received Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in the 1974 disaster film, The Towering Inferno . For her starring role in the 1976 miniseries The Moneychangers , she received Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. Flannery later acted on prime-time shows and made-for-television movies, before returning to daytime with the role of Stephanie Forrester on the CBS soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–2012, 2018), receiving three Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2000, 2002 and 2003.

Early life

Flannery was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on July 31, 1939, and attended school in Manhattan. [3] She received her BA degree from Stephens College, a women's college in Columbia, Missouri, in 1962.

Career

Cast 1971 photo of Days of Our Lives (L-R): Edward Mallory, Denise Alexander, Macdonald Carey and Susan Flannery Days of Our Lives cast 1971.JPG
Cast 1971 photo of Days of Our Lives (L-R): Edward Mallory, Denise Alexander, Macdonald Carey and Susan Flannery

Flannery made her television debut appearing in an episode of Burke's Law in 1963. The following year she made her big screen debut playing a supporting role in the Western film Guns of Diablo . She made guest appearances on prime time dramas Slattery's People , Death Valley Days , Ben Casey , The Felony Squad and most notable three-episode act on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea . [4] In 1966, Flannery was cast as Dr. Laura Spencer Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives , where she met writer William J. Bell (who later cast her in The Bold and the Beautiful in 1987). She played the role until 1975, winning her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her final year on the soap. [5]

In 1974, Flannery starred in the disaster film The Towering Inferno directed by John Guillermin and starring Paul Newman and Steve McQueen. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and earned around $203.3 million, making it the highest-grossing film of 1974. For her performance, Flannery won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. [6] The following year, she starred in the comedy film The Gumball Rally . Also that year, Flannery starred alongside Kirk Douglas, Joan Collins and Christopher Plummer in the NBC miniseries, The Moneychangers . For this role, she received Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. [7] She starred in an episode "A Nightmare for a Nightingale" of British anthology series Thriller in 1976 and was lead actress in the 1979 miniseries Women in White based on novel by Frank G. Slaughter. Also in 1979 she played the leading role in the made-for-television romantic drama, Anatomy of a Seduction. [8] In 1981, Flannery joined the cast of CBS prime time soap opera, Dallas , playing Leslie Stewart appearing in 11 episodes during the fourth season. She later appeared in the made-for-television movies Money on the Side (1982) and Shaft of Love (1983).

Flannery became best known worldwide for portraying Stephanie Douglas Forrester on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–2012). She was one of the original cast members of the series, only two of whom still appear (Katherine Kelly Lang and John McCook). She received nine Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nominations winning in 2000, 2002, and 2003. Flannery was also a regular director on the show and was twice nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for her work. After 25 years, she decided to leave the show in 2012. In her final storyline, Stephanie Forrester died from lung cancer. [9] [10] Flannery came in at #1 in the Top 50 Soap Actresses of All Time poll on the internet blog We Love Soaps in 2010. Flannery took an active role in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and advocated for securing cable rights and foreign residuals for actors when their work appears in other media. Her efforts have had a positive impact on how The Bold and the Beautiful actors (and other soap actors) are paid when the show is televised in countries outside the United States. [11]

Flannery appeared in two episodes of ABC's situation comedy Hope & Faith in 2004 with other well-known actors from rival soaps. Flannery also appeared as a special guest on Good News Week . She appeared in a special episode of Wheel of Fortune with Deidre Hall (Marlena, Days of Our Lives) and Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless) in 2006. Flannery also directed the October 13, 2008, episode of Guiding Light . From 2010 to 2014 she directed 36 episodes of Venice: The Series and in 2017 directed an episode of The Fosters .

Personal life

Flannery has an adopted daughter, Blaise.

Gay rights activist Rita Mae Brown socialized with Flannery in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. They met through their mutual friend writer and performer Fannie Flagg, with whom Flannery had a multi-year relationship. [12] [13] Brown wrote the following about Flannery in her 1997 memoir Rita Will: [12]

She'd been a star in a long-running TV program and had left to take a prominent role in a film. Almost white-blonde, with a heart-shaped face, blue eyes, and a great figure, she appeared every inch a woman ready to become a major movie star. She had looks, talent, and drive. What she lacked was the ability to kiss her ass. Just when her career should have rocketed, it began to drop to Earth. Approaching forty added to the tension.

She is a fundamentally honest person, a decent one.

Word got about [directors and screenwriters] that she was difficult. That was amended to "difficult dyke." It wasn't too long before she languished in her beautiful shared Montecito, California home wondering what the hell had happened.

Were Susan at the same career fulcrum today [in 1996], she'd have a fifty-fifty chance of swinging up. In the mid-seventies, she had no chance. Today she's back on television [in supporting roles and character parts].

Because she didn't marry to play the game, she might as well have announced that she was gay. Other people announced it for her. She kept silent but stiff-armed any attempts to create a bogus heterosexual life. She and Fannie [Flagg] had been together for eight years. The cracks in their relationship widened under the pressure. Many of Susan and Fannie's friends knew they were lovers, but many didn't. The isolation, under the circumstances, had to have been extremely painful for Susan.

My heart went out to her. After my initial visit [to their Montecito home], the three of us palled around together. The more I knew Susan, the more I liked her.

If there had been a way for the three of us to live together, I would have tried it because I grew to respect Susan and value her for the generous and kind person she is. Like her Irish forebears, she engaged her crisis with good humor and the hope that she'd learn something.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 Guns of Diablo Molly
1967 The Gnome-Mobile Airline StewardessUncredited
1974 The Towering Inferno Lorrie
1976 The Gumball Rally Alice
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 Burke's Law Lily's SecretaryEpisode: "Who Killed Harris Crown?"
1964 Slattery's People Nancy RossmanEpisode: "Question: What Are You Doing Out There, Waldo?"
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Katie/The Sister3 episodes
1965 Death Valley Days Jenny HardyEpisode: "Birthright"
1965 Ben Casey Elinor CabotEpisode: "A Nightingale Named Nathan"
1966–1975 Days of Our Lives Laura Spencer Horton Contract role
1966 The Felony Squad StewardessEpisode: "The Immaculate Killer"
1966 The Time Tunnel Louise NealEpisode: "The Day the Sky Fell In"
1966 The Green Hornet Janet PrescottEpisode: "Trouble for Prince Charming"
1976 The Moneychangers Margot BrackenTV miniseries
1976 Thriller Anna CartellEpisode: "A Nightmare for a Nightingale"
1978Anatomy of a SeductionMaggie KaneTV movie
1979Women in WhiteDr. Rebecca DaltonTV miniseries
1981 Dallas Leslie Stewart11 episodes
1982 Money on the Side Karen GordonTV movie
1983Shaft of LoveDr. RoseTV movie
1987–2012, 2018 The Bold and the Beautiful Stephanie Forrester Starring role
1993 The Young and the Restless Stephanie Forrester1 episode
2004 Hope & Faith Laura Levisetti2 episodes

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations for Susan Flannery
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1975
 Golden Globe Awards New Star of the Year – Actress The Towering Inferno Won
1975
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Days Of Our Lives Won
1977
 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Nominated
1989
 Soap Opera Digest Award Outstanding Villainess The Bold and the Beautiful Nominated
1991
Soap Opera Update — MVP AwardBest ActressThe Bold and the BeautifulWon
1991
Soap Opera Digest AwardOutstanding VillainessThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
1993
Soap Opera Digest AwardOutstanding Lead ActressThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
1994
Soap Opera Digest AwardOutstanding Lead ActressThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
1995
 Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directing in Daytime Drama (Episode #2167) The Bold and the BeautifulNominated
1997
Directors Guild of America AwardOutstanding Directing in Daytime Drama (Episode #2580) The Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2000
 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Bold and the BeautifulWon
2000
Soap Opera Digest AwardOutstanding Lead ActressThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2001
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2001
Soap Opera Digest AwardOutstanding Lead ActressThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2002
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulWon
2002
Soap Opera Digest AwardOutstanding Lead ActressThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2003
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulWon
2005
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2006
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2009
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2011
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated
2013
Daytime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesThe Bold and the BeautifulNominated

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