Susan Bluestein

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'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

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