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Tuesday Weld, born August 27, 1943, is an United
States|American film actress.


Born Susan Ker Weld in New York City, her father
died when she was a child of three and her widowed
mother and two siblings were left in difficult
financial circumstances. Weld's mother took
advantage of her beauty and found work for her as
a child model that provided income to help sustain
the family.

Using her resumé from modelling, her mother got
her an agent and Tuesday Weld made her acting
debut on television at age 12 and her motion
picture debut at the age of 13 in a bit role in
the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock crime drama, The Wrong
Man. That same year, Weld got the lead in a film
celebrating the advent of Rock and Roll called
Rock, Rock, Rock that featured record promoter
Alan Freed and singers Chuck Berry,  Frankie
Lymon, and Johnny Burnette, plus others. In the
film, Connie Francis did the vocals for Weld's
singing parts. In 1959, still only sixteen years
old, she was given a role in the CBS television
show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Although
Weld was only a cast member for a season, the show
gave her considerable national publicity and she
was named a co-winner of a "Most Promising
Newcomer" award at the Golden Globe Awards. 

Unfortunately, despite her talent, beauty, and
early success, Tuesday Weld is frequently
described as the poster-girl for self-destruction.
The product of a dysfunctional family, she was a
very troubled girl who, at age nine, suffered a
nervous breakdown. Without parental guidance from
a mother with whom she would have a lifelong
strained relationship, by age ten she had begun
Tobacco smoking|smoking cigarettes and using
alcohol. Physically, she appeared well beyond her
twelve years and at that age had already began
dating older boys, losing her virginity in a
hapless relationship that, combined with her other
problems, led to a suicide attempt. Added to her
problem in a business where looks are everything,
she had to deal with a overweight|weight problem
throughout most of her life. In addition, Weld was
known for being very shocking and abrasive in
public. For example, Weld would often go
barefooted or even naked. 


In 1961, after starring opposite Elvis Presley in
Wild in the Country, the two began an off-screen
romance. However, in Hollywood, her reputation for
a reckless lifestyle was fodder for the gossip
columnists and Louella Parsons reportedly said, as
politely as possible, that "Miss Weld is not a
very good representative for the motion picture
industry."  The romance with Elvis did not last
long after Colonel Tom Parker cautioned Presley
against the relationship, fearful it would harm
his image. 

Tuesday Weld appeared with Jackie Gleason and
Steve McQueen in the 1963 comedy/drama,  Soldier
in the Rain and although her performance was well
received, the film was only a minor success.
Although frequently typecast as the "blonde in the
tight sweater," both the critics and working
members of the film industry acknowledged her
talent. However, Weld never achieved the level of
stardom many thought her looks and talent could
bring. In part, her lack of great success was as a
result of her turning down roles in films that
were great successes and that made mega-stars out
of others such as Lolita, Bonnie and Clyde,True
Grit, and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. Although Weld
had the final say in such matters, many question
the quality of advice her agent was providing.
Actor Roddy McDowall, who co-starred with her in a
1966 film, said: "no actress was ever so good in
so many bad films."

Weld married screenwriter Claude Harz in 1965, the
same year she appeared in the successful Norman
Jewison film, The Cincinnati Kid. Although a 
box-office success, Weld nevertheless had to share
the spotlight with actress Ann-Margret. In her
thirties, she began acting in a number of
made-for-television films but for her big screen
role in Play It As It Lays, she was nominated for
a 1973 Golden Globe. After divorcing her first
husband with whom she had had a daughter, in 1975
she married famed British comedian/actor Dudley
Moore, giving birth to their son the following
year. In 1977, she gave a strong performance in
Looking for Mr. Goodbar  that earned her an
Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress.
In 1981, Ms. Weld co-starred with James Caan in
Michael Mann (film director)|Michael Mann's
acclaimed film noir classic Thief (movie)|Thief.
The following year she played a comic role in
Author! Author! with Al Pacino. She also won
acclaim for her supporting role in Sergio Leone's
1984 film Once Upon a Time in America. 

In 1980 she was divorced from Dudley Moore and in
1985 married the renowned Israeli concert
violinist, Pinchas Zukerman. After thirteen years,
that marriage also ended in divorce.

Tuesday Weld continues to makes occasional
appearances in film or television.

==Filmography==
*The Wrong Man (1956)
*Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)
*Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
*The Five Pennies (1959)
*Because They're Young (1960)
*Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)
*High Time (1960)
*The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
*Return to Peyton Place (1961)
*Wild in the Country (1961)
*Bachelor Flat (1962)
*Soldier in the Rain (1963)
*I'll Take Sweden (1965)
*The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
*Lord Love a Duck (1966)
*Pretty Poison (1968)
*I Walk the Line (1970)
*A Safe Place (1971 movie)|A Safe Place (1971)
*Play It As It Lays (1972)
*Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
*Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
*Serial (movie)|Serial (1980)
*Thief (1981)
*Author! Author! (1982)
*Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
*Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
*Falling Down (1993)
*Feeling Minnesota (1996)
*Investigating Sex (2001)
*Chelsea Walls (2001)