Tuesday Weld was an American actress who often played women who were impetuous, irresponsible, and sexually active.
She was nominated 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). Since the late 1980s, she hasn’t acted very often.
Tuesday Weld was born Susan Ker Weld in 1943 in the busy centre of New York City. She started her journey to fame at a very young age.
As a kid model and actor in TV commercials, she got her start in show business. This led her to the glamorous world of Hollywood.
By the start of the 1960s, she was already a well-known figure in the entertainment world.
Fox executives were thrilled with Weld’s work on Rally “Round the Flag, Boys!” and signed her to a long-term deal.
They gave her a part on the CBS show The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and paid her $35,000 for one year.
Weld’s mother was upset that her teenage daughter was seeing older men, such actor John Ireland. But Weld stood her ground and said, “‘If you don’t leave me alone, I’ll quit being an actress—which means there ain’t gonna be no more money for you, Mama.” Finally, at the age of sixteen, I moved out. “I just walked out the door and bought my own house.”
Weld started out in TV shows including Reflections of Murder (1974) and F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975), in which she played Zelda Fitzgerald.
Weld got a lot of attention for her role as the spoiled, out-of-control Katherine in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). In her brief time on screen, she had an orgy, a divorce, a lot of drinking, and two abortions. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She later starred with Nick Nolte in Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978) and in the ensemble satire Serial (1980).
She claimed she liked TV better. She said, “I like the pace of TV.” “Two weeks for even a heavy part—great.” It’s a mistake for me to think too much about a part. “Come on, let’s do it.”
She played a jeweler’s secretary in Sergio Leone’s mafia epic Once Upon a Time in America in 1984. The character is planning to steal a shipment of jewels.
During the robbery, her character encourages Robert De Niro’s character, David “Noodles” Aaronson, to “rape” her, and she goes along with it.
Weld has been married three times. From October 23, 1965, to February 18, 1971, she was married to scriptwriter Claude Harz. Their daughter Natasha was born on August 26, 1966.
On September 20, 1975, she married Dudley Moore, an English actor, singer, and comedian. They have a son named Patrick on February 26, 1976. The two split up in 1980.
She married Israeli concert violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman on October 18, 1985, and became the stepmother of his daughters. They broke up in 2001.
Zukerman said in court papers that Weld said, “Why do I need to go to another concert when I’ve already heard the piece?” and “I can’t stand the backstage scene.” I don’t want to hear another note.
Weld went out with Al Pacino, David Steinberg, Mikhail Baryshnikov (whose ex-girlfriend, Jessica Lange, was Weld’s best friend), Omar Sharif, Richard Gere, and Ryan O’Neal between marriages.
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