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Susan Flannery (born July 31, 1939) is an American actress and director known for her roles in the daytime dramas The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives.

Susan Flannery
Flannery at the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards, 2009
Born	(1939-07-31) July 31, 1939 (age 83) Jersey City, New Jersey[1][2]
Occupation	Actress, director
Years active	1963–2012
Children	1

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

Flannery is known for playing Dr. Laura Spencer Horton from 1966 until 1975 on Days of Our Lives, where she met writer William J. Bell (who later cast her in The Bold and the Beautiful in 1987). She acted in feature films, including The Towering Inferno (1974) and The Gumball Rally (1976). She also acted in the primetime television series Dallas, playing Leslie Stewart during season four (1980–1981), and appeared in an ensemble cast with Kirk Douglas, Joan Collins and Christopher Plummer in the 1976 NBC miniseries The Moneychangers.

Flannery became best known worldwide for portraying Stephanie Douglas Forrester on the American 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). 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.[4][5]

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.

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.[6]

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.[7][8] Brown wrote the following about Flannery in her 1997 memoir Rita Will:[7]

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 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 to 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Guns of Diablo	Molly
1967	The Gnome-Mobile	Airline Stewardess
1974	The Towering Inferno	Lorrie
1976	The Moneychangers	Margot Bracken	TV miniseries
1976	The Gumball Rally	Alice
1978	Anatomy of a Seduction	Maggie Kane	TV movie
1979	Women in White	Dr. Rebecca Dalton	TV miniseries
1982	Money on the Side	Karen Gordon	TV movie
1983	Shaft of Love	Dr. Rose	TV movie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	Burke's Law	Lily's Secretary	Episode: "Who Killed Harris Crown?"
1964	Slattery's People	Nancy Rossman	Episode: "Question: What Are You Doing Out There, Waldo?"
1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Katie/The Sister	3 episodes
1965	Death Valley Days	Jenny Hardy	Episode: "Birthright"
1965	Ben Casey	Elinor Cabot	Episode: "A Nightingale Named Nathan"
1966–1975	Days of Our Lives	Laura Spencer Horton	Contract role
1966	Felony Squad	Stewardess	Episode: "The Immaculate Killer"
1966	The Time Tunnel	Louise Neal	Episode: "The Day the Sky Fell In"
1966	The Green Hornet	Janet Prescott	Episode: "Trouble for Prince Charming"
1976	Thriller	Anna Cartell	Episode: "A Nightmare for a Nightingale"
1981	Dallas	Leslie Stewart	11 episodes
1987–2012, 2018	The Bold and the Beautiful	Stephanie Forrester	Contract role
1993	The Young and the Restless	Stephanie Forrester	1 episode
2004	Hope & Faith	Laura Levisetti	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations for Susan Flannery

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1975	Golden Globe Awards	New Star of the Year – Actress	The Towering Inferno	Won	[9]
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	[10]
1989	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Villainess	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
1991	Soap Opera Update — MVP Award	Best Actress	The Bold and the Beautiful	Won	[11]
1991	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Villainess	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
1993	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
1994	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
1995	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directing in Daytime Drama (Episode #2167)	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[12]
1997	Directors Guild of America Award	Outstanding Directing in Daytime Drama (Episode #2580)	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[13]
2000	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Won	[14]
2000	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
2001	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[15]
2001	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
2002	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Won	[16]
2002	Soap Opera Digest Award	Outstanding Lead Actress	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[11]
2003	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Won	[17]
2005	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[18]
2006	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[19]
2009	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[20]
2011	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[21]
2013	Daytime Emmy Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series	The Bold and the Beautiful	Nominated	[22]

References

External links

• Susan Flannery at IMDb
• Susan Flannery at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Susan Flannery

Susan Flannery (* 31. Juli 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Regisseurin. Sie wird oft „Königin des Soap-Genres“ genannt und ist unter anderem Golden-Globe- sowie Emmy-Preisträgerin.

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- [en] Susan Flannery

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[es] Susan Flannery

Susan Flannery (Jersey City, Nueva Jersey; 13 de julio de 1939) es una actriz estadounidense ganadora de un Globo de Oro y cuatro premios Emmy. Es más conocida por interpretar el rol de Stephanie Forrester en la telenovela The Bold and the Beautiful, de la cadena CBS.

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[ru] Флэннери, Сьюзан

Сьюзан Флэннери (англ. Susan Flannery, род. 31 июля 1939 (1939-07-31)) — американская актриса мыльных опер[1], обладательница премии «Золотой глобус» и четырёх статуэток «Дневной премии Эмми».

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