Susan Bluestein (born May 27, 1946) is an American casting director and the widow of actor Brad Davis.

Susan Bluestein
Born (1946-05-27) May 27, 1946 (age 78)
OccupationAmerican casting director
Years active1980–1997
Spouse
(m. 1976; died 1991)
Children1

Biography

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Born 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.

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In 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

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Bluestein 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

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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

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Susan Bluestein at IMDb
  3. ^ "Susan Bluestein". Television Academy. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "Media Access Awards Honor Noah Hawley, Margaret Nagle – Variety". Variety. 4 October 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "2014 Media Access Awards". Media Access Awards. February 6, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  6. ^ "Media Access Awards". The Casting Society of America. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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
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