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. Capshaw converted to Judaism and wed the billionaire director on October 12, 1991; they have 5 children together. Blakely's first major role was as Patty Simmons in the classic disaster movie The Towering Inferno. Capshaw met director Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead (from a pool of 120 actresses) for the blockbuster film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. She first came to Hollywood in the early 1970s as a highly paid fashion model and then branched off into acting. Kate took the surname Capshaw upon her marriage to Robert Capshaw; they had one child, actress Jessica Capshaw, and eventually divorced. As the daughter of a career Army officer, Blakely was born in Germany . She was born Kathleen Sue Nail in Fort Worth, Texas and moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera "The Edge of Night".

Susan Blakely (born September 7, 1952) is an American movie actress who has mainly played supporting roles. Kate Capshaw (born November 3, 1953) is an American actress.