Tuesday Weld Biography

Fast Facts

• Came in second place for Best Actress at the 1968 New York Film Critics Circle Awards for her performance in "Pretty Poison․"
• Had to model and act as a child in order to support her family after her wealthy father's death
• As an adult, she often acted in unconventional and offbeat projects
• Often played the role of precocious teenager in the 1950s and 1960s
• Is on the cover of two albums, Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" and Sweet's "Time Capsule․"
• After her father's death, his wealthy family offered to provide for her and her siblings as long as her mother would agree to never see them again, a deal which her mother refused to accept