The actress tried to segue to the big screen in the little-seen "Killer's Delight" (1978), but other roles were not forthcoming. The show's brief run, however, did earn Sullivan an Emmy nomination. Eventually, the network slotted the series "Julie Farr, M.D.," but audiences seemingly preferred to see the character on a more infrequent basis. She starred as a doctor helping patients with childbirth in the popular TV-movies "Having Babies II" (ABC, 1978) and "Having Babies III" (ABC, 1978). She became a frequent guest actor on several top-rated TV dramas and sitcoms, such as "Medical Center," "McMillan and Wife," "Petrocelli," "Barnaby Jones," "The Love Boat" and "Taxi." Sullivan's first spot as a regular was in the one-season drama, "Rich Man, Poor Man, Book II" (ABC, 1976), a sequel to the enormously successful miniseries. Sullivan's first TV appearance was in 1969 in a syndicated version of Shakespeare's "Macbeth." She was a regular on two soaps: "A World Apart" (ABC, 1970) and "Another World" (ABC, 1971), also finding time to appear on the New York stage in "The Beauty Part" and "A Late Snow." Encouraged to move to L.A., Sullivan didn't find success in films, but her TV career took off. She did apprentice work at the Cleveland Playhouse, the Hartford Stage Company and the National Repertory Theatre before making her Broadway debut alongside Dustin Hoffman in "Jimmy Shine." Sullivan chose to attend Hofstra University, bypassing offers from Carnegie-Mellon and New York University. At the age of 16, she was a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and when it came time for college, she was offered three scholarships. Although born in New York City, she was raised on Long Island and became interested in acting as a youngster, appearing locally as an actress and model. Susan Sullivan's striking statuesque blonde beauty and sophisticated persona often finds her cast in roles that require intelligence and authority.
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