Susan Blakely

Many critics believe that Blakely's best performance was in the 1980 television film A Cry For Love, in which she gave an acclaimed performance as a drug addict. She died of heart failure in New York City in 1999. Blakely's first major role was as Patty Simmons in the classic disaster movie The Towering Inferno. She was also a regular panelist on the television game show "To Tell the Truth". She first came to Hollywood in the early 1970s as a highly paid fashion model and then branched off into acting. Her son, Rob, has gone on to become a noted economist. As the daughter of a career Army officer, Blakely was born in Germany . She was best known for her performance as Agnes Gooch in Auntie Mame on both Broadway and in the film version (1958), a role for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Susan Blakely (born September 7, 1952) is an American movie actress who has mainly played supporting roles. Mary Margaret (Peggy) Cass (May 21, 1924 - March 8, 1999) was an actress and comedienne.