Susan Flannery
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Susan Flannery is an American soap opera
actress. She is known for her role Stephanie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful
(1987–present) and for her role as Dr. Laura Spencer Horton
on Days of our Lives
(1966–1975).
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on Days of our Lives
from 1966 until 1975 where she met writer and daytime legend William J. Bell. She acted feature films including The Towering Inferno
(1974) and The Gumball Rally
(1976). She acted in the primetime television series Dallas
, playing Leslie Stewart during season three (1980–1981), and appeared opposite Kirk Douglas
in The Moneychangers
. She has also worked alongside Micheal Jaffe as a producer.
Flannery since became best known worldwide for portraying Stephanie Douglas Forrester on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
(1987-). She is one of four original cast members still appearing on the series, along with Katherine Kelly Lang
, John McCook
and Ronn Moss
. Flannery is also a regular director on the show, and has twice been nominated for a Directors Guild of America
Award for her work.
Flannery appeared in two episodes of ABC
's sitcom, Hope & Faith
in 2004, where she appeared 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 blog We Love Soaps in 2010.
She has taken an active role in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) in securing cable rights and foreign residuals for actors when their work appears in other mediums. Her efforts have had a positive impact on how The Bold and the Beautiful actors are paid when the show is televised in countries outside the United States.
Golden Globe Awards
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
actress. She is known for her role Stephanie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
(1987–present) and for her role as Dr. Laura Spencer Horton
Laura Spencer Horton
Dr. Laura Horton is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States town of Salem. Created by writer Peggy Phillips, the role was originated by actress Floy Dean in 1966. Susan Flannery stepped...
on Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
(1966–1975).
Personal life
Flannery was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and went to school in Manhattan. She has a daughter, Blaise, who is currently attending Macquarie University in Australia. Susan currently lives in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaSanta Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
.
Career
Flannery is known for playing Dr. Laura Spencer HortonLaura Spencer Horton
Dr. Laura Horton is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States town of Salem. Created by writer Peggy Phillips, the role was originated by actress Floy Dean in 1966. Susan Flannery stepped...
on Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
from 1966 until 1975 where she met writer and daytime legend William J. Bell. She acted feature films including The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno
The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American action disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.A co-production between Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros...
(1974) and The Gumball Rally
The Gumball Rally
The Gumball Rally is a 1976 film directed and co-written by Chuck Bail about a coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run by Brock Yates which inspired several other films, including Cannonball and Cannonball Run.-Plot:Michael...
(1976). She acted in the primetime television series Dallas
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
, playing Leslie Stewart during season three (1980–1981), and appeared opposite Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...
in The Moneychangers
The Moneychangers
The Moneychangers is a 1975 novel written by Arthur Hailey. The plot revolves around the politics inside a major bank.-Plot summary:As the novel begins, the position of CEO of one of America's largest banks, First Mercantile American is about to become vacant due to the terminal...
. She has also worked alongside Micheal Jaffe as a producer.
Flannery since became best known worldwide for portraying Stephanie Douglas Forrester on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
(1987-). She is one of four original cast members still appearing on the series, along with Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang is an American actress. She is known for her role as Brooke Logan Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful .-Personal life:...
, John McCook
John McCook
John McCook is an American actor best known for his roles on daytime soap operas.-Career:Since 1987, he has played the role of Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. From 1976 to February 1980, he portrayed the character of Lance Prentiss on The Young and the Restless. In addition, he has...
and Ronn Moss
Ronn Moss
Ronald Montague "Ronn" Moss is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1987.- Early life and music career :Ronn Moss was born...
. Flannery is also a regular director on the show, and has twice been nominated for a Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
Award for her work.
Flannery appeared in two episodes of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's sitcom, Hope & Faith
Hope & Faith
Hope & Faith is an American sitcom that aired for three seasons on ABC from September 26, 2003, to May 2, 2006. For its first two seasons the show was part of a revived TGIF comedy block....
in 2004, where she appeared with other well-known actors from rival soaps.
Flannery also appeared as a special guest on Good News Week
Good News Week
Good News Week is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that initially aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and resumed on 11 February 2008 to 9 May 2011. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999...
. She appeared in a special episode of Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
with Deidre Hall
Deidre Hall
Deidre Ann Hall is a dramatic American actress best known for her portrayal of Dr. Marlena Evans on NBC's daytime drama Days of our Lives, which she played for over 29 years, and is to return to the role this summer. The character is considered an icon to the soap, and has been experienced some of...
(Marlena, Days of Our Lives) and Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman
Peter Bergman is an American soap opera actor best known for his portrayals as Dr. Cliff Warner on All My Children, as well as Jack Abbott on The Young and the Restless.-Biography:...
(Jack, The Young and the Restless) in 2006. Flannery also directed the October 13, 2008 episode, of Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
.
Flannery came in at #1 in the Top 50 Soap Actresses of All Time poll on the blog We Love Soaps in 2010.
She has taken an active role in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) in securing cable rights and foreign residuals for actors when their work appears in other mediums. Her efforts have had a positive impact on how The Bold and the Beautiful actors are paid when the show is televised in countries outside the United States.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | Guns of Diablo | Molly | |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | Airline Stewardess | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American action disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.A co-production between Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros... |
Lorrie | |
| 1976 | The Gumball Rally The Gumball Rally The Gumball Rally is a 1976 film directed and co-written by Chuck Bail about a coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run by Brock Yates which inspired several other films, including Cannonball and Cannonball Run.-Plot:Michael... |
Alice (Porsche 911 Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998... ) |
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| 1982 | Money on the Side | Karen Gordon | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1963 | Burke's Law Burke's Law Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud... |
Lily's Secretary | 1 episode |
| 1964 | "Slattery's People | Nancy Rossman | 1 episode |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Katie / The Sister | 3 episodes, 1964–1965 | |
| 1965 | Death Valley Days Death Valley Days Death Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of the old American West, particularly the Death Valley area. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was broadcast on radio until 1945. It continued from 1952 to 1975 as a syndicated television series... |
Jenny Hardy | 1 episode |
| Ben Casey Ben Casey Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, *, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph... |
Elinor Cabot | 2 episodes | |
| 1966 | Days of our Lives Days of our Lives Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around... |
Dr. Laura Spencer Horton Laura Spencer Horton Dr. Laura Horton is a fictional character from the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional United States town of Salem. Created by writer Peggy Phillips, the role was originated by actress Floy Dean in 1966. Susan Flannery stepped... #2 |
Role from: 1966 - 1975 |
| Felony Squad | Stewardess | 1 episode | |
| The Time Tunnel | Louise Neal | 1 episode | |
| The Green Hornet | Janet Prescott | 1 episode | |
| 1981 | Dallas Dallas (TV series) Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing... |
Leslie Stewart | 11 episodes |
| 1987 - pres | The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... |
Stephanie Forrester | Role since: March 24, 1987 |
| 2004 | Hope and Faith | Laura Levisetti | 2 episodes |
Awards (won)
Daytime Emmy Awards- (2000, 2002, 2003) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for The Bold and the Beautiful
- (1975) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for Days of Our Lives
Golden Globe Awards
- (1975) Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for The Towering InfernoThe Towering InfernoThe Towering Inferno is a 1974 American action disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.A co-production between Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros...