Susan Flannery: Did you know?
*Susan never watches her own work on B&B on TV.
*Susan is a licensed pilot and has her own plane. She flies every now and then, but never long rides over big oceans like the Pacific Ocean. She would never fly to Hawaii by herself.
*Susan is also a gourmet cook and she likes cooking different gourmet dinners.
*Susan has a daughter named Blaze who attends collage.
*Susan was discovered by Irwin Allen and he got her the part on �The towering inferno� where she played Lorrie. The secretary/ lover of Robert Wagner character.
*She has played opposite such actors as Kirk Douglas, Robert Wagner, Larry Hagman, Rita Moreno and Joan Collins.
*She has been nominated for an Emmy award in the Outstanding Lead Actress category four times so far. In 1975 (won), in 2000 (won), 2001 and 2002 (won). She also was nominated for an Emmy in primetime for her role in the miniseries The Moneychangers. She won a Golden Globe award for Outstanding Newcomer in 1975 for her Towering Inferno role.
*She first met her future TV husband John McCook (Eric) in 1981, when he guest starred on Harper Valley PTA where Susan�s friend Frannie Flagg had a role. The episode first aired on November 12, 1981. (Read more about that here)
*She directs B&B every now and then and enjoys it. Her co-stars enjoy having her as a director too, because she knows them and she can see things from an actor�s point of view. She was once nominated for an Directors Guild Award for a B&B episode that she directed.
*She is a close friend of former co-star Ian Buchanan (ex-James), and the two of them have travelled around the world.
*Susan and Hunter Tylo (Taylor) sometimes go fishing together.
*Susan is very different from Stephanie in one important prospect; Susan has never hated another human being in her life! And you�d be surprised to know just how good friends she is with her on-screen nemesis�s Brooke, Sheila and Sally!
