---
name: "Tuesday Weld"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tuesday-weld"
fi1m_id: "tuesday-weld"
imdb_id: "nm0001839"
tmdb_id: 4514
wikidata_id: "Q239818"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 August 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:44:49.969615+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tuesday Weld

## Identity

Tuesday Weld

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tuesday-weld
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tuesday-weld
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001839
- **TMDB ID:** 4514
- **Wikidata ID:** Q239818
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday_Weld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4514

Actor. Born 27 August 1943 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 August 1943, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1984–1993
- **Also known as:** Susan Ker Weld, 塔斯黛·韋爾德
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 83 (1), 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday_Weld, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q239818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001839/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4514

## Biography

Tuesday Weld, born Susan Ker Weld, is an American actress. She began her career as a child performer in the 1950s and moved into mature dramatic roles by the late 1950s.

She won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960. Her supporting roles earned nominations for a Golden Globe for *Play It as It Lays* (1972), an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977), an Emmy Award for *The Winter of Our Discontent* (1983), and a BAFTA for *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984).

Weld is also known for appearances in *Thief* (1981), *The Cincinnati Kid* (1965), *Pretty Poison* (1968) and *Falling Down* (1993). Her screen work became infrequent after the 1980s.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, as Mrs. Prendergast — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, as Carol — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Wrong Man* (1956), Fi1m 83, as Giggly Girl (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Intimate Affairs* (2002), as Sasha
- *Chelsea Walls* (2001), as Greta
- *Feeling Minnesota* (1996), as Nora Clayton
- *Falling Down* (1993), as Mrs. Prendergast — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Chillers* (1990), series, as Jessica
- *Heartbreak Hotel* (1988), as Marie Wolfe
- *Something in Common* (1986), as Shelly Grant
- *Circle of Violence: A Family Drama* (1986), as Georgia Benfield
- *Scorned and Swindled* (1984), as Sharon Clark
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), as Carol — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *The Winter of Our Discontent* (1983), as Margie Young-Hunt
- *The Rainmaker* (1982), as Lizzie Curry
- *Author! Author!* (1982), as Gloria Travalian
- *Thief* (1981), as Jessie
- *Madame X* (1981), as Holly Richardson
- *Serial* (1980), as Kate
- *Mother and Daughter: The Loving War* (1980), as Lillie Lloyd McCann
- *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), as Marge Converse
- *A Question of Guilt* (1978), as Doris Winters
- *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977), as Katherine
- *F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood* (1975), as Zelda Fitzgerald
- *Reflections of Murder* (1974), as Vicky
- *Play It as It Lays* (1972), as Maria Wyeth Lang
- *A Safe Place* (1971), as Susan / Noah
- *I Walk the Line* (1970), as Alma McCain
- *Pretty Poison* (1968), as Sue Ann Stepanek
- *Cimarron Strip* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Crucible* (1967), as Abigail Williams
- *Lord Love a Duck* (1966), as Barbara Ann Greene
- *The Cincinnati Kid* (1965), as Christian Rudd
- *I'll Take Sweden* (1965), as JoJo Holcomb
- *Soldier in the Rain* (1963), as Bobby Jo Pepperdine
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Mattie Braydon — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Eleventh Hour* (1962), series, as Denise Dunlear
- *Bachelor Flat* (1961), as Libby Bushmill / Libby Smith
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, as Cherie
- *Follow the Sun* (1961), series, as Barbara Beaumont
- *The DuPont Show of the Week* (1961), series, as Elsie Brinkmann
- *Wild in the Country* (1961), as Noreen Braxton
- *Return to Peyton Place* (1961), as Selena Cross
- *Route 66* (1960), series, as Miriam Moore
- *The Tab Hunter Show* (1960), series, as Ginny
- *High Time* (1960), as Joy Elder
- *Sex Kittens Go to College* (1960), as Jody
- *Because They're Young* (1960), as Anne Gregor
- *The Private Lives of Adam and Eve* (1960), as Vangie Harper
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Gloria Dannora
- *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, as Thalia Menninger
- *The Five Pennies* (1959), as Teenaged Dorothy Nichols
- *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!* (1958), as Comfort Goodpasture
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Ora Mae Youngham
- *Rock, Rock, Rock!* (1956), as Dori Graham
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), as Giggly Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Beth Lawson
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Beth Boland
- *The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet* (1952), series, as Cathy, Ricky's Girlfriend, Connie
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Margie Young-Hunt
- *Goodyear Television Playhouse* (1951), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Tuesday Weld](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-e3de5e4e5f97.jpg) Tuesday Weld — CBS-Photographer-Gabor Rona, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Tuesday_Weld_circa_1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Belair Drive-In theater advertisement for the American comedy film Sex Kittens Go to College (1960). 5 October 1960.](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-be9d8e6838e7.png) Belair Drive-In theater advertisement for the American comedy film Sex Kittens Go to College (1960). 5 October 1960. — Allied Artists Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Belair_Drive-in_Ad_-_5_October_1960%2C_Fontana%2C_CA.png/1280px-Belair_Drive-in_Ad_-_5_October_1960%2C_Fontana%2C_CA.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Confidential Magazine cover September 1960 - Tuesday Weld, John Ireland](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-5ba7a30f4e8a.jpg) Confidential Magazine cover September 1960 - Tuesday Weld, John Ireland — Confidential (magazine), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Confidential_Magazine_cover_September_1960_-_Tuesday_Weld.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of David Janssen and Tuesday Weld from The Fugitive. (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-4810e8a1c98d.jpg) Photo of David Janssen and Tuesday Weld from The Fugitive. (1964) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/David_Janssen_Tuesday_Weld_The_Fugitive_1964.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tuesday Weld](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-c14a21953d45.jpg) Tuesday Weld — Image via TMDB
- ![Tuesday Weld](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-46a31ebd1d98.jpg) Tuesday Weld — Image via TMDB
- ![Tuesday Weld](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-39656a838ae3.jpg) Tuesday Weld — Image via TMDB
- ![Photo of Gary Lockwood and Tuesday Weld from the television program Follow the Sun. (1961)](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-c8048ed9da82.jpg) Photo of Gary Lockwood and Tuesday Weld from the television program Follow the Sun. (1961) — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Gary_Lockwood_Tuesday_Weld_Follow_the_Sun_1961.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![From left to right: Joseph Mell, Tuesday Weld, Martin West, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowall (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/83107/gallery-672f15199db5.jpg) From left to right: Joseph Mell, Tuesday Weld, Martin West, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowall (1966) — United Artists, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LLADGroup.jpg/1280px-LLADGroup.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1978: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Looking for Mr. Goodbar*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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