Weld, Tuesday (1943–)

American actress. Born Susan Ker Weld, Aug 27, 1943, in New York, NY; dau. of Lathrop Motley Weld (investment broker, died 1946) and Aileen (Ker) Weld; attended Hollywood Professional School; m. Claude Harz (writer), 1965 (div. 1971); m. Dudley Moore (actor), 1975 (div. 1980); m. Pinchas Zuckerman (violinist), 1985; children: (1st m.) Natasha Harz; (2nd m.) Patrick Moore.

At a young age, began career modeling; quickly accumulated a number of tv roles on such shows as "Playhouse 90," "Kraft Theater," "Alcoa Theater" and "Climax"; at 13, made film debut in Rock, Rock, Rock (1956), followed by The Wrong Man (1956), Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) and The Five Pennies (1959); featured as Thalia Menninger in popular tv series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"; during early 1960s, starred as a troubled teenager in a string of films: Because They're Young (1960), High Time (1960), The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1961), Return to Peyton Place (1961) and Wild in the Country (1961), starring Elvis Presley; began to earn a reputation as an actress of surprising range in such movies as Soldier in the Rain (1963), The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and Lord Love a Duck (1966); was 1st runner-up as Best Actress for New York Film Critics Circle Award for Pretty Poison (1968); won Best Actress honors at Venice Film Festival for Play It As It Lays (1972); other films include Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Who'll Stop the Rain (1978), Serial (1980), Thief (1981), Author! Author! (1982), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Heartbreak Hotel (1988), Falling Down (1993) and Feeling Minnesota (1996).

See also Women in World History.