- She was director Roman Polanski's first choice for the leading role in Rosemary's Baby (1968) because he thought her pure American looks would contrast well with the film's dark undertones. The studio preferred Mia Farrow, however, who had become a star on the enormously popular nighttime soap opera Peyton Place (1964). A few years later Polanski wanted her to star in his film version of Macbeth (1971). She lost the part when she refused to do a nude sleepwalking scene. The role was eventually played by Francesca Annis.
- When asked by a reporter what drove her into seclusion after having such a public adolescence, she answered, "I think it was a Buick".
- Turned down the role of Bonnie in Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
- Was considered for the title roles in Lolita (1962) and Norma Rae (1979).
- Graduated from Hollywood Professional School in 1960 and was the class valedictorian.
- Turned down the films Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Cactus Flower (1969), True Grit (1969) and Paint Your Wagon (1969).
- Son, Patrick Moore (with Dudley Moore), born in 1976.
- Featured on the cover of the album "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet. (1991)
- Sold her homes in Manhattan and beach house in Montauk (Long Island, NY) and moved to Colorado, near Aspen.
- Wanted to play troubled '30s actress Frances Farmer in the biopic Frances (1982), but lost out to Jessica Lange.
- Often estranged from her son, who was homeless as of 2005. He got his life together after receiving an inheritance from father Dudley Moore's estate on his 30th birthday.
- Has a daughter, Natasha Harz, born in 1966, with screenwriter Claude Harz.
- Refused to screen-test (as did Natalie Wood) for the part of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1974).
- In Tiny Tim's recording of George M. Cohan's song "Then I'd be Satisfied with Life" (on his 1968 album "God Bless Tiny Tim"), he changes the line "If Hettie Green would only be my wife" to "If Tuesday Weld would only be my wife".
- Except at the beginning of her career, has always been extremely media-shy.
- Began her career as a child model--fashion and catalogs--at age three.
- In 1971 the 8th Street Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village hosted a Tuesday Weld Film Festival.
- Was considered to play Mrs. Lovett in a film version of the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", but she passed on the role as time went on. When it was finally made in the 2000s, the role went to Helena Bonham Carter.
- Began smoking and drinking at age 10 and attempted suicide at 12 with an overdose of pills and gin after her love for a gay man didn't work out. She also claimed that she had her "first real affair" at 11. By 16 she'd totaled half a dozen cars and was dating men three times her age, most notably John Ireland which caused a scandal but did not lead to statutory rape charges.
- Singer Walter Egan recorded "Tuesday Weld", his self-penned tribute to her, on his 1980 album "The Last Stroll".
- As of June 2010 she was living in the Aspen (CO) area and has turned down work for over ten years. Her major agents still send her scripts weekly, but she is writing and close to her daughter and granddaughter. She is offered "mother roles" on hit series, but looks better than her years.
- In April 2018 she bought a $1.8-million home in the Hollywood Hills, after years of living in Colorado.
- Fourth cousin of ex-Gov. Bill Weld of Massachussetts and both their lineages precede the Founding Fathers. The Weld name is on buildings at Harvard in honor of her family establishing the University and is one of the most important family lineages in America.
- Turned down the role of Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975).
- In the mid-'80s she began telling people her mother was dead, even though she was still alive. Aileen Weld (a/k/a Yosene) didn't pass away until 2001.
- She has Scottish ancestry on her mother's side of the family, and is distantly related to the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell.
- Her maternal grandfather was Canadian-American artist and illustrator William Balfour Ker.
- Anthony Perkins and Dina Merrill (both of whom were co-stars) are her third cousins.
- Donald Fagen mentions her in his song "New Frontier" on the album "The Nightfly": "Introduce me to that big blonde/She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld.".
- Was supposed to star in Performance (1970) and The Stepford Wives (1975) but bowed out at the last minute.
- Attended professional children's school in New York with fellow child models and future actresses Sandra Dee and "Carol Lynley. The three girls, along with another top New York child model at the time, Lorna Gilliam, frequently appeared in "The American Girl" magazine and even appeared together in an ad for Canada Dry ginger ale.
- Replaced Sharon Tate for the role of Christian in The Cincinnati Kid (1965).
- She and Wild in the Country (1961) co-star Hope Lange both portrayed the character of Selena Cross--Weld in the movie sequel Return to Peyton Place (1961), Lange in the original film Peyton Place (1957).
- Was considered for the part of the mother in Poltergeist (1982).
- Resided 16 years at the Montauk estate previously owned by Broadway producer Norman Kean, who killed himself and his wife Gwyda Donhowe in 1988.
- Twice portrayed a character who undergoes abortion: in Play It As It Lays (1972) and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977).
- The first year she was on the set of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) she was mobbed so much by the press that she finally cut them off entirely. After that her name was seldom mentioned when the show was written about.
- Nearly landed the leading role in Of Human Bondage (1964) when director Henry Hathaway proved to be completely incompatible with star Kim Novak.
- The cartoon character 'Daphne Blake' in various "Scooby-Doo" incarnations, was modeled after Weld's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) character 'Thalia Menninger'.
- With the death of Dwayne Hickman on January 9th 2022, she along with Darryl Hickman, and Sheila Kuehl are the only living cast members of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).
- 1958 Deb Star.
- Ex-stepmother of Arianna Zukerman and Natalia Zukerman.
- Born at 01:34 AM (EWT).
- Bears a striking resemblance to Michelle Phillips.
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