Tuesday Weld Filmography

Tuesday Weld is an American actress. Weld began her acting career as a child, and progressed to more mature roles during the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Over the following decade she established a career playing dramatic roles in films. As a featured performer in supporting roles, her work was acknowledged with nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Play It As It Lays , a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Looking for Mr. Goodbar , an Emmy Award for The Winter of Our Discontent , and a BAFTA for Once Upon a... Time in America . Since the end of the 1980s, her acting appearances have been infrequent. Weld was born Susan Ker Weld in New York City. Her father, Lathrop Motley Weld, was a member of the Weld family of Massachusetts; he died in 1947, shortly before her fourth birthday. Her mother was Weld's fourth and final wife, the former Yosene Balfour Ker, the daughter of the artist and Life illustrator William Balfour Ker. She was one of three full siblings, the other two being Sarah King Weld and David Balfour Weld .
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