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

Biography

Born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York, 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.

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.

Awards

In 1995, Bluestein won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for her work on NYPD Blue.

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.

Family

Bluestein and Davis were married in 1976 and had one child, actor Alex Blue Davis, who is a transgender man. In 1985, Davis was diagnosed HIV-positive, a condition he and Bluestein kept secret until just before his death in 1991, by assisted suicide. Bluestein co-authored a biographical memoir in 1997.

Casting filmography

References

1. ^ 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

External links

• Susan Bluestein at IMDb

• 1946 births
• Living people
• American health activists
• American casting directors
• American women casting directors
• American HIV/AIDS activists
• People from Queens, New York
• Activists from New York (state)