Tuesday Weld Profile

Tuesday Weld

	(Susan Ker Weld)
27 August 43	is born in New York City. Her father's Lothrop Weld from Boston; her mother's Aileen Weld, a former model.
46	she's only three when her father dies from heart failure
	her family moves to Manhattan's Lower East Side
	works for five years as a fashion and catalog model for Best and Company and becomes one of the most sought-after child models in New York
53	at only ten years of age she starts drinking and smoking heavily due to the constant pressures of auditioning and the fear of failure
54	has her first love affair
55	at age 12 she starts playing child roles on television programs
	attempts suicide with an overdose of pills and gin for the first time after her love for a gay man doesn't work out
56	newcomer Connie Francis is hired to sing Tuesday's songs in her first movie, Rock, Rock, Rock, filmed in New York
18 April 58	discovered by agent Dick Clayton, she and her mother leave New York for Hollywood
58	young actor Tab Hunter escorts her to her first Hollywood premiere. They remain friends.
59	columnist Louella Parsons declares her not a good representative for the motion picture industry
	has a real feud with co-star Dwayne Hickman while filming her hit TV series "The Loves of Dobie Gillis." A few months later she's dropped because some consider her too sexy for a family-oriented show.
	rumors circulate that she's dating Frank Sinatra and Raymond Burr
	has a most publicized romance with actor John Ireland, the ex of actress Joanne Dru
	her dates include Dennis Hopper, Tommy Sands, Tony Perkins, and Pat Wayne
	director Stanley Kubrick wants her for the title role in Lolita
	shares the "Most Promising Newcomer" award at the Golden Globe Awards with Angie Dickinson and Stella Stevens
September 59	she meets Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, who's visiting California
	she buys a $35,000 split-level home in the Hollywood Hills
60	her driving habits are becoming notorious around Hollywood. She's had six cars in the last year.
May 60	meets Elvis Presley by accident on the Fox lot. Both are instantly attracted to each other.
October 60	dates Dick Beymer, her co-star in High Time, and Fabian
	stops dating Richard Beymer
	while filming The Private Lives of Adam and Eve, she has a brief and stormy relationship with Zugsmith's discovery John Drew Barrymore, the ex of Cara Williams
17 April 61	attends the Academy Awards ceremony with young nominee Sal Mineo
61	the filming of Wild in the Country unites her with John Ireland, Gary Lockwood, and Elvis. Causes a mild stir by insisting that her white Alsatian dog be allowed on the set, in violation of studio regulations.
	when the Colonel demands that Elvis stop seeing Tuesday, the two have a violent argument
June 61	graduates from the Hollywood Professional School
	20th Century-Fox signs her to a lucrative six-picture deal, at $35,000 per picture
Summer 61	goes steady with Gary Lockwood while filming Return to Peyton Place, where she plays opposite former lover Richard Beymer. He met her on the set of Wild in the Country. Tuesday hints they may marry on her eighteenth birthday.
October 61	she and Lockwood star in the pilot for the television series "Bus Stop." The series will later feature Joan Freeman and Rhodes Reason.
62	makes a pilot for Desilu called "Working Girl." The series never materializes.
October 62	George Hamilton goes for her only temporarily
December 62	Louella Parsons reports that Tuesday accidentally hit Lockwood over the head with a telephone, knocking him unconscious. Later she tries to run him down with her car on Sunset Boulevard.
63	accompanies Bob Hope on his Christmas tour of Mediterranean bases. In Athens they are personally welcomed by Prince Constantine and Princess Helen of Greece.
64	nearly lands the starring role in Of Human Bondage when director Henry Hathaway proves to be completely incompatible with star Kim Novak
	writer Tom Mankiewicz keeps rotating among her, Inger Stevens, and Carol Lynley
13 April 64	presents the Oscar for sound effects at the Academy Awards ceremonies, held at the Santa Monica Auditorium
August 64	does the Watusi at Tom Tryon's housewarming party
December 64	due to director Sam Peckinpah, she replaces Sharon Tate in The Cincinnati Kid
June 65	is off to Europe for some nude posing
13 July 65	joins Bob Hope on his tour to the Dominican Republic
October 65	marries young screenwriter Claude Harz, Roddy McDowall's secretary. McDowall serves as the best man. Her mother doesn't approve.
	nearly wins the Best Actress Award at the Berlin Film Festival for her performance in Lord Love a Duck
66	Warren Beatty, her former co-star in "The Loves of Dobie Gillis," offers her the role of Bonnie Parker in his upcoming Bonnie and Clyde, but she refuses because she's pregnant with her first daughter
	her daughter Natasha is born
68	lives for a year in London
Late 60s	rejects leading roles in True Grit, Cactus Flower, and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
c. 70	her house in California burns down, and her daughter is saved by accident
71	divorces Harz and begins dating comedian David Steinberg
	rejects the leading female role in Polanski's Macbeth
72	becomes romantically involved with actor Al Pacino, who broke off a five-year relationship with actress Jill Clayburgh
November 73	meets comedian Dudley Moore while he performs on Broadway in Good Evening
20 September 75	marries Dudley Moore in Las Vegas. She moves into his mansion in London.
March 76	her son Patrick is born
80	divorces Moore; she is granted custody of their son
83	meets superstar violinist, Israeli-born Pinchas Zukerman at a concert
18 October 85	marries Zukerman. Her new husband presents her with a cream-colored Bentley.

Sources: Pretty Poison by Floyd Conner, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Silver Screen, Screen Stories, Screen World, Movieland
Recommended Books: Pretty Poison: The Tuesday Weld Story by Floyd Conner The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool by Chris Strodder
Links: Filmography Elvis' Women: Tuesday Weld JSR Pages: Tuesday Weld