Susan Bluestein (born May 27, 1946) is an American casting director and the widow of actor Brad Davis.
Susan Bluestein | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 27, 1946 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | American casting director |
| Years active | 1980–1997 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editBorn in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York,[1] Bluestein has spent much of her career casting television movies, including The People vs. Jean Harris, A Piano for Mrs. Cimino, Casualties of Love: The "Long Island Lolita" Story, and Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. She cast multiple episodes of the series Punky Brewster, Providence and JAG and has cast every episode of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles since their premieres.[2]
Bluestein's casting credits for feature films include Crimes of the Heart, Who's Harry Crumb?, and Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. Her other projects include the 2008 BBC/HBO docudrama House of Saddam and Dehli-6.
Awards
editIn 1995, Bluestein won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for her work on NYPD Blue.[3]
In 2014, NCIS star Pauley Perrette presented Bluestein and her casting partner, Jason Kennedy, the Media Access Casting Society of America Award for their work promoting awareness of the disability experience, accessibility for people with disabilities, and the accurate depiction of characters with disabilities.[4][5][6]
Family
editBluestein and Davis were married in 1976 and had one child, actor Alex Blue Davis, who is a transgender man.[1][7] In 1985, Davis was diagnosed HIV-positive, a condition he and Bluestein kept secret until just before his death in 1991, by assisted suicide.[1] Bluestein co-authored a biographical memoir in 1997.[8]
Casting filmography
edit| Project Title | Project Type | Year | Other details |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCIS: Los Angeles | TV series | 2009–2022 | |
| NCIS | TV series | 2003–2022 | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | TV series | 2014–2017 | |
| The Dresden Files | TV series | 2008 | original casting |
| House of Saddam | TV mini-series | 2008 | U.S. casting |
| Spellbound | TV pilot | 2007 | |
| Pu-239 | Film | 2007 | U.S. casting |
| A Little Thing Called Murder | TV movie | 2006 | Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie |
| Mermaid | TV pilot | 2005 | |
| JAG | TV series | 2003–2005 | |
| Vegas Dick | TV pilot | 2003 | |
| Providence | TV series | 1999–2002 | |
| The Learning Curve | Film | 2001 | |
| Murder on the Orient Express | TV movie | 2001 | |
| Voyage of the Unicorn | TV movie | 2001 | |
| Chestnut Hill | TV pilot | 2001 | |
| A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle | TV movie | 2000 | |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | TV mini-series | 1999 | |
| Creature | TV movie | 1998 | |
| The Price of Heaven | TV movie | 1997 | |
| A Face to Die For | TV movie | 1996 | |
| Sweet Temptation | Film | 1996 | |
| Riders of the Purple Sage | TV movie | 1996 | |
| Ink | TV series | 1996–1997 | |
| Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty | TV movie | 1995 | |
| Children of the Dust | TV mini-series | 1995 | |
| The Haunting of Seacliff Inn | TV movie | 1994 | |
| Shadows of Desire | TV movie | 1994 | |
| Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | TV movie | 1994 | Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie |
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | TV movie | 1994 | Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie |
| NYPD Blue | TV series | 1995 | Emmy Award win & Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Drama Series |
| Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Film | 1993 | |
| The Last Hit | TV movie | 1993 | |
| Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story | TV movie | 1993 | |
| Alex Haley's Queen | TV mini-series | 1993 | Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Mini-Series |
| Double Edge | TV movie | 1992 | |
| Heart of Darkness | Film | 1993 | Los Angeles casting |
| Angel Falls | TV series | 1993 | |
| We're Talking Serious Money | Film | 1992 | |
| Saturday's | TV pilot | 1991 | |
| Dillinger | TV movie | 1991 | |
| When You Remember Me | TV movie | 1990 | |
| Tripwire | Film | 1990 | |
| Rock Hudson | TV movie | 1990 | |
| The Final Days | TV movie | 1989 | Artios Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Movie |
| Who's Harry Crumb? | Film | 1989 | |
| The Edge | TV mini-series | 1989 | |
| Dream Breakers | TV movie | 1989 | |
| Red Earth, White Earth | TV movie | 1989 | |
| Dance 'Til Dawn | TV movie | 1988 | |
| Something Is Out There | TV mini-series | 1988 | |
| My Two Dads | TV series | 1987–1990 | |
| Daddy | TV movie | 1987 | |
| A Different World | TV series | 1983 | original casting |
| Thompson's Last Run | TV movie | 1986 | |
| Crimes of the Heart | Film | 1986 | |
| Our Family Honor | TV series | 1985–1986 | |
| Anatomy of an Illness | TV movie | 1984 | |
| Punky Brewster | TV series | 1984–1988 | |
| Choices of the Heart | TV movie | 1983 | |
| Casablanca | TV series | 1983 | |
| Private School | Film | 1983 | |
| Another Woman's Child | TV movie | 1983 | |
| Coming Out of the Ice | TV movie | 1982 | |
| A Piano for Mrs. Cimino | TV movie | 1982 | |
| The Nashville Grab | TV movie | 1981 | |
| The People vs. Jean Harris | TV movie | 1981 | |
| The Killing of Randy Webster | TV movie | 1981 | |
| Mark, I Love You | TV movie | 1980 | |
| A Christmas Without Snow | TV movie | 1980 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Witchel, Alex (16 April 1997). "For the widow of Brad Davis, time cannot heal all the wounds". The New York Times (book review).
- ^ Susan Bluestein at IMDb
- ^ "Susan Bluestein". Television Academy. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Media Access Awards Honor Noah Hawley, Margaret Nagle – Variety". Variety. 4 October 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "2014 Media Access Awards". Media Access Awards. February 6, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Media Access Awards". The Casting Society of America. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Feb. 19/20 at the Knitting Factory: Alex Davis: Man of the Year". sheilaomalley.com. The Sheila Variations. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ Bluestein Davis, Susan; de Vries, Hilary (April 1997). After Midnight: The life and death of Brad Davis (hardcover ed.). New York, NY: Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0671-79672-3.
Chronicles Davis' triumph over drug addiction, his discovery that he was HIV-positive, and the struggle to hide his condition from Hollywood.
ISBN 0-671-79672-0