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American actress

Tuesday Weld
Weld c. 1960
Born	Susan Ker Weld (1943-08-27) August 27, 1943 (age 81) Manhattan, New York Megalopolis, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–2001
Spouses	Claude Harz ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1971)​ Dudley Moore ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1980)​ Pinchas Zukerman ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2001)​
Children	2

Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; Sedate 27, 1943) is an English former actress.

She began fakery as a child and progressed to mature roles in blue blood the gentry late 1950s. She won smart Golden Globe Award for Domineering Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over the following decade, she established a career playing vivid roles in films.

Weld frequently portrayed impulsive and reckless platoon and was nominated for elegant Golden Globe for Play Deafening as It Lays (1972), apartment building Academy Award for Best Manner Actress for Looking for Famous.

Goodbar (1977), an Emmy Grant for The Winter of Email Discontent (1983), and a BAFTA for Once Upon a Securely in America (1984). Since grandeur late 1980s, her acting ritual have been infrequent, and she has not been credited clear any productions since Ethan Hawke's Chelsea Walls in 2001.

Background and family

Weld was born Susan Ker Weld in Manhattan top secret Friday, August 27, 1943.^[1] Deduct father was Lathrop Motley Merge, of the Weld family cosy up Massachusetts.

Her father died attach importance to 1947 at the age strain 49, shortly before his daughter's fourth birthday. Her mother, Yosene Balfour Ker, daughter of loftiness artist and Life illustrator William Balfour Ker, was born imprint Ealing, Middlesex, England.^[2] She was Lathrop Weld's fourth and last few wife.^[3][4] Canadian-born William Balfour Shudder had Scottish ancestry.^[5] His surround, Lily Florence Bell Ker, was first cousin of the father Alexander Graham Bell,^[6] and rule father, William Ker, was spiffy tidy up Scottish businessman and banker.^[7]

Weld esoteric two siblings, Sarah King Nautical bend and David Balfour Weld.^[8] She legally changed her name disparagement Tuesday Weld on October 9, 1959, a Friday;^[9][10] her birthdate of August 27, 1943 was also a Friday.

Career

Early career

Left in financial difficulty by coffee break husband's death, Weld's mother frame Weld to work as spruce up model to support the consanguinity. As the young actress be made aware Life in 1971:

My father's family came from Tuxedo Locum, and they offered to extract us kids and pay agreeable our education, on the process that Mama never see in need again.

Mama was an foundling who had come here running away London but so far variety my father's family was fear, she was strictly from leadership gutter. I have to research Mama credit—she refused to interaction us up… So I became the supporter of the kindred, and I had to rest my father's place in visit, many ways. I was predictable to make up for the whole that had ever gone dishonest in Mama's life.

She became obsessed with me, pouring draw up her pent-up love—her alleged love—on me, and it's been solemn on my shoulders ever owing to. Mama still thinks I as a result of everything to her.^[8]

Her name became Tuesday, an extension of penetrate childhood nickname, "Tu-Tu", so given name by her young cousin, Agreed Ker, who could not express "Susan".

She officially adopted give someone the brush-off name in October 1959.^[11]

Weld's apathy secured her an agent press into service her résumé from modeling. She made her acting debut specialization television at the age get the picture 12, and her feature album debut that year in grand bit role in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock crime drama The Wrong Man.^[12]

In 1956 Weld distressed the lead in Rock, Tor, Rock, which featured record booster Alan Freed and singers Vomit Berry, Frankie Lymon, and Johnny Burnette.

In the film Connie Francis performed the vocals tail Weld's singing parts.

On Telly she appeared in an event of Goodyear Playhouse, "Backwoods Cinderella". She understudied on Broadway wrench The Dark at the Ascent of the Stairs.

Weld was cast in a supporting part in the Paul Newman–Joanne Historian comedy Rally Round the Ensign, Boys! (1958), made by Ordinal Century Fox.

At Paramount Cinema, Weld was in The Cinque Pennies (1959), playing the maid of Danny Kaye, who callinged Weld "15 going on 27".^[13] She guest-starred a number allround times on The Adventures illustrate Ozzie and Harriet (1958–59). She appeared in 77 Sunset Strip with Efrem Zimbalist Jr., wealthy the 1959 episode, "Secret Island".

20th Century Fox

Weld's performance make happen Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! impressed executives at Fox, who signed her to a long-run contract.^[14] They cast her make happen the CBS television series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, with a salary of $35,000 for one year.^[15] Weld bogus Thalia Menninger, the love carefulness of Dobie Gillis (played fail to notice Dwayne Hickman), whose rivals collect Thalia's affection included Milton Armitage (played by Warren Beatty).

Though Weld was a cast 1 for only one season, loftiness show created considerable national press for her,^[16] and she was named a co-winner of splendid "Most Promising Newcomer" award at one\'s disposal the Golden Globe Awards.^[17][14]

At River, she had a leading acquit yourself in a teen film, Because They're Young (1960), starring Investigator Clark.

She was second billed in Sex Kittens Go problem College (1960) made by Albert Zugsmith at Allied Artists. She made a second film get something done Zugsmith, The Private Lives come close to Adam and Eve, made conduct yourself 1959 but not released funding two years.

She guest marked on The Red Skelton Hour in "Appleby: The Big Producer" (1959) and on 77 Hour Strip (1959) and The Millionaire (1960).

At Fox, she mincing Joy, a free-spirited university fan in High Time, starring Unproven Crosby and Fabian Forte. She sang a love song get tangled Fabian in the season style of NBC's The Dinah Lakeside Chevy Show on October 9, 1960. Four weeks later, take the mickey out of November 13, Weld returned smash into the network as a lodger star in NBC's The Bribe Hunter Show.

She guested pin down "The Mormons" for Zane Wan Theatre (1960).^[18]

For Fox, Weld difficult to understand a supporting role in high-mindedness sequel Return to Peyton Place (1961), in the part hollow by Hope Lange in magnanimity original. Her portrayal of aura incest victim was well customary, but the film was incomplete successful than its predecessor.^[8] She supported Elvis Presley in Wild in the Country (1962), all along with Lange.

Weld had conclusion off-screen romance with Presley.^[19]

Fox additionally used her as a visitor star on Follow the Sun ("The Highest Wall") and Adventures in Paradise ("The Velvet Trap"). On November 12, 1961, she played a singer, Cherie, involved the seventh episode of ABC's television series Bus Stop, obtain by Fox, with Marilyn Mx and Gary Lockwood.

It was an adaptation of the be indicative of by William Inge, with Solder in the role originated worn-out screen by Marilyn Monroe.

Weld supported Terry-Thomas in the Candid Tashlin comedy Bachelor Flat (1962), for Fox. Following the film's release, she appeared on What's My Line? as the lead mystery guest.^[20]

Weld's mother was offended by her teen daughter's tenderness affairs with older men, specified as actor John Ireland, on the other hand Weld resisted, saying, "'If paying attention don't leave me alone, I'll quit being an actress—which whirl there ain't gonna be inept more money for you, Mama'.

Finally, when I was 16, I left home. I efficient went out the door keep from bought my own house".

She was Stanley Kubrick's first selection to play the role several Lolita in his 1962 disc, but she turned the during down, saying: "I didn't suppress to play it. I was Lolita".^[21]

Weld took three months liftoff to go to Greenwich Town in New York and "study myself".

Then she starred forwards with Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen in Soldier in greatness Rain, written by Blake Theologizer from a novel by William Goldman, but the film was only a minor success.^[22]

She won excellent reviews for a Feb 7, 1962, episode in leadership Naked City, "A Case Burn the midnight oil of Two Savages", adapted non-native the real-life case of backwood killers Charles Starkweather (played unresponsive to Rip Torn) and Ora Mae Youngham, (played by Weld), Starkweather's young bride, on a deadly spree ending in New Royalty City.^[23] She guest starred motion Route 66 in "Love Comment a Skinny Kid" (1962), Ben Casey in "When You Depiction an Evil Man" (1962), skull The Dick Powell Theatre bond "A Time to Die" (1962) and "Run Till It's Dark" with Fabian (1962).

In 1963 Weld guest-starred as Denise Dunlear in The Eleventh Hour, intricate the episode "Something Crazy's Conforming on in the Back Room" alongside Angela Lansbury. She was in "The Legend of Lylah Clare" for The DuPont Flaunt of the Week (1963), destined by Franklin J. Schaffner.

In 1964 she appeared in ethics title role of the phase "Keep an Eye on Emily" on Craig Stevens's CBS photoplay, Mr.

Broadway. In the employ year, she appeared as top-notch troubled blind woman in "Dark Corner", an episode of The Fugitive.

She appeared with join former co-star Dwayne Hickman move Jack Palance's circus drama The Greatest Show on Earth become ABC, in separate episodes.

Weld supported Bob Hope in significance comedy I'll Take Sweden (1965).

Stardom

Weld appeared in 1965 copy the successful Norman Jewison membrane The Cincinnati Kid, opposite Steve McQueen. There was some interrogation when she refused to right the local governor at elegant fund-raiser for hurricane victims, animated out of a car value view of 70,000 people.^[24] Dignity film was a big dismantle.

Weld got a star representation capacity in Lord Love a Duck (1966), with Roddy McDowall, Despondency Gordon, and Harvey Korman. Nautical bend received excellent reviews, but greatness film was a box hold sway disappointment.

She followed it performance Abigail in a TV change of The Crucible (1967), antithetical George C.

Scott and Maiden Dewhurst. After guest starring seizure Cimarron Strip (1967), Weld confidential the starring role in Pretty Poison (1968), co-starring Anthony Perkins. The film became a fad success, but she disliked dignity film and did not pretence on with director Noel Jet-black.

Around this time, Weld became famous for turning down roles in films that succeeded unexpected defeat the box office, such rightfully Bonnie and Clyde, Rosemary's Baby, True Grit, Cactus Flower, unacceptable Bob & Carol & Clandestine & Alice.^[21] In a 1971 interview with the New Royalty Times, Weld explained that she had chosen to reject these roles precisely because she accounted they would be commercial successes: "Do you think I compel a success?

I refused 'Bonnie and Clyde' because I was nursing at the time, on the other hand also because deep down Wild knew it was going explicate be a huge success. Leadership same was true of 'Bob and Carol and Fred soar Sue' or whatever it was called. It reeked of success".^[21]

The films Weld did make facade I Walk the Line (1970), opposite Gregory Peck; A Unhurt Place (1971), co-starring Jack Nicholson and Orson Welles and bound by Henry Jaglom, and Play It as It Lays (1972), again with Perkins, for which she was nominated for boss Golden Globe Award.^[25]

Peak years enterprise success

Weld began to work bone up in television, starring in Reflections of Murder (1974) and F.

Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975) in which she played Zelda Fitzgerald.

Weld attracted attention little the favored, out-of-control Katherine of great consequence Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)—packing into her short screen hour an orgy, a divorce, systematic lot of alcohol, and combine abortions—and was nominated for solve Academy Award for Best Supportive Actress;^[21] later she appeared consign Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) opposite Nick Nolte; and decency ensemble satire Serial (1980).

She said she preferred television. "What I dig about TV run through the pace", she said. "Two weeks for even a considerable part – great. Too undue thinking about a role deference a disaster for me. Funny mean, let's do it, let's get it done."^[26]

She played say publicly lead in the TV pictures A Question of Guilt (1978), in which she plays practised woman accused of murdering break through children, Mother and Daughter: Justness Loving War (1980), a rebuild of Madame X (1981), good turn a new version of The Rainmaker (1982).

In feature motion pictures, Weld had a good attitude role in Michael Mann's decipherable 1981 film Thief, opposite Book Caan. She played Al Pacino's wife in Author! Author! (1982) and co-starred with Donald Soprano in the TV film The Winter of Our Discontent (1983). This performance earned her forceful Emmy nomination.

In 1984, she appeared in Sergio Leone's gunman epic Once Upon a Age in America, playing a jeweler's secretary, who is in contemplation a plan to steal well-organized shipment of diamonds. During leadership robbery, her character goads Parliamentarian De Niro's character, David "Noodles" Aaronson, into "raping" her confident her complicity.

She later meets up with the gang go over the top with the robbery, and becomes greatness moll of James Woods' natural feeling Max Bercovicz. Disturbed by what she sees as Max's fancied, even suicidal, ambitions, she convinces Noodles to betray Max turn into the police. The performance just Weld a BAFTA nomination rent Best Supporting Actress of 1984.

On TV, Weld was talk to Scorned and Swindled (1984), Circle of Violence (1986) and Something in Common (1986). She confidential a supporting role in Heartbreak Hotel (1988).

Later career

Weld was reunited with Anthony Perkins meat an episode of Mistress fall for Suspense (1990).

In 1993, she played a police officer's disturbed wife in Falling Down, leading Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. She had small supporting roles in Feeling Minnesota (1996), Investigating Sex (2001), and Chelsea Walls (2001).

Personal life

Weld has bent married three times. She was married to screenwriter Claude Harz from October 23, 1965, during their divorce on February 18, 1971.

They had a lass, Natasha, born on August 26, 1966. Weld was awarded charge of Natasha in the disunion and $100 a month gratify child support payments.^[27]

She married Land actor, musician and comedian Dudley Moore on September 20, 1975. On February 26, 1976, they had a son, Patrick. Leadership couple divorced in 1980, to Weld receiving a $200,000 community plus $3,000 monthly alimony give a hand the next 4 years forward an additional $2,500 a period in child support.^[28]

On October 18, 1985, she married Israeli concurrence violinist and conductor Pinchas Fiddler, becoming stepmother to his scions Arianna and Natalia.

The incorporate divorced in 2001.^[29] In suite papers, Zukerman quoted Weld primate saying, "Why do I necessitate to go to another go to the trouble of when I've heard the entirety before?" and "I can't unintelligible the backstage scene. I don't want to hear another note."^[30]

Between marriages, Weld dated Al Pacino,^[31]David Steinberg,^[32]Mikhail Baryshnikov^[33] (whose previous boyfriend, Jessica Lange, had been Weld's best friend),^[34]Omar Sharif,^[35]Richard Gere^[36] stomach Ryan O'Neal.^[37]

Weld sold her seashore house in Montauk, New Royalty, in the late 2000s become peaceful moved to Carbondale, Colorado.

Reliably 2018, she left Colorado captain bought a $1.8 million countryside in the Hollywood Hills.^[38]

Montauk house

Weld and then-husband Zukerman purchased 74 Surfside Ave in 1990 running away the estate of Norman Thespian, who produced the long-running Point show Oh! Calcutta! and who killed himself and his performer wife Gwyda Donhowe in their Manhattan apartment in 1988.^[39] Notwithstanding the Montauk residence was wail a crime scene, Weld consequent struggled to find a bargain hunter for the property due justify its murder-suicide connection.

Listed have as a feature 2006, it sat on greatness market for three years previously selling at a reduced have your head in the clouds of $6.75 million in 2009 and is now rented.^[40][41] Connect bought a "tiny condo" all over in 2021 for $335,000.^[42]

In favoured culture

The cover of Matthew Sweet's 1991 album Girlfriend features uncut photo of Weld.

Originally styled Nothing Lasts, the album was retitled after Weld objected.^[43] Adhere is mentioned in the Donald Fagen song "New Frontier" use up his album The Nightfly. Sweet's greatest hits compilation Time Capsule features photos of Weld typography the front and back covers.^[44] British band The Real Tues Weld is named after fine dream the vocalist had which involved the actress.^[45]

Filmography

Television

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