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Tuesday Weld in THIEF

About Tuesday Weld (1943 - )

Tuesday Weld was born on August 27, 1943 in New York, New York.

Choosing not to use her birthname of Susan Ker Weld, instead she goes by Tuesday Weld.

Starting her career young, Tuesday Weld became a successful child model, posing for advertisements and mail order catalogs.

In 1956 Tuesday Weld debuted in the low-budget movie ROCK, ROCK, ROCK.

At nine years old, Tuesday Weld suffered a nervous breakdown, at ten she started heavy drinking. One year later, Tuesday began to have love affairs, and at the age of twelve she tried to commit suicide. The presure and the stress of being a child star had broke her so every one thought.

In 1977 Tuesday Weld returned to the spotlight playing Diane Keaton's sister in LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, for her role she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination. Featured on the cover Tuesday Weld is on the album Girlfriend, by Matthew Sweet (1991).

Tuesday Weld's other notable credits include...

CHELSEA WALLS (2001)
FEELING MINNESOTA (1996)
HEARTBREAK HOTEL (1988)
AUTHOR! AUTHOR! (1982)
THIEF (1981)
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN (1978)
THE CINCINNATI KID (1965)
RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE (1961)
BECASUE THEY'RE YOUNG (1960)
THE FIVE PENNIES (1959)
ROCK, ROCK, ROCK (1956)

Tuesday Weld in THIEF