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Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an
Academy Award-winning American actress.
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Biography
Early life
She was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New
York City to Phillip Leslie Tomalin (who had Irish, Welsh - from Tondu -
and English ancestry)[1] and Italian-born (Ragusa, Sicily) Lenora Marie
Criscione. [2] She grew up in a large Catholic family of nine children .
She graduated Edison High School in 1964, and then attended The Catholic
University of America from 1964 to 1968 where she attained a BA in
Drama. Campus legend has it that Susan Sarandon lost her virginity to
future husband Chris Sarandon on the 5th floor. She is quoted as saying
"I was a virgin till I was 19... and then I went and married the
guy."[3]
Career
In 1969, Susan went to a casting call for
the film Joe with her then husband Chris Sarandon; although he did not
get a part, she received the major role of the disaffected teen who
disappears into the seedy underworld (the film was released in 1970).
Susan didn't follow up on the success of that movie, taking roles in
lesser films such as Lovin' Molly; it was five more years before she
appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a cult classic. That same
year, she also played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper,
opposite Robert Redford. Susan was nominated for an Oscar in 1980 for
Atlantic City, but was still not a "household name" until the 1988 film
Bull Durham.
Susan received four Academy Award
nominations in the 1990s, finally winning in 1996 for Dead Man Walking.
Her other movies include Stepmom (1998), Anywhere But Here (1999),
Cradle Will Rock (1999) (portraying Mussolini's mistress), The Banger
Sisters (2002), Shall We Dance (2004), Alfie (2004), Romance &
Cigarettes (2005) and Elizabethtown (2005).
Susan will appear in an upcoming episode of
The Simpsons as herself, which will air in spring 2006; she's appeared
on the show once before as a ballet teacher. She has also made
appearances on the shows Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad TV,
Chappelle's Show, and Rescue Me. She is also noted for frequently
appearing in her movies dressed in off-shoulder garments.
Sarandon was attacked for speaking out
against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and has confirmed that she would not
play "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan in an upcoming movie [4].
Personal life
While in college, Susan met and married
fellow student Chris Sarandon; They divorced in 1979 and she retained
her married name as her stage name. In the mid-1980s, she dated actor
Franco Amurri, with whom she had a daughter, actress Eva Amurri (born
1985).
Since 1988, Sarandon has been in a
relationship with actor Tim Robbins, whom she met while filming Bull
Durham. The couple have two children: Jack Henry (born 1989) and Miles
Guthrie (born 1992). She and Robbins are both involved in left-wing
political causes.
In 2003, Susan appeared in a "Love is Love
is Love" commercial, promoting the acceptance of gay, lesbian and
transgendered individuals.
In 2005, Susan hosted a section of the Live
8 concert in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2006, she participated in the 2006
Winter Olympics opening ceremony by carrying the Olympic flag in Turin.
In 2006 she also received the "Ragusani nel mondo" prize, since she had
recently discovered her Sicilian roots.
Filmography
Joe (1970)
Lady Liberty (1971)
Fleur bleue (The Apprentice) (1971)
Lovin' Molly (1974)
The Front Page (1974)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Dragonfly (1976)
Checkered Flag or Cash (1977)
The Last of the Cowboys (1977) (also
co-producer)
The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
Pretty Baby (1978)
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
Atlantic City (1980) – Academy Award
nomination for Best Actress
Loving Couples (1980)
Tempest (1982)
The Hunger (1983)
The Buddy System (1984)
Compromising Positions (1985)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Mythos with Joseph Campbell (1987)
Bull Durham (1988)
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
The January Man (1989)
A Dry White Season (1989)
Through the Wire (1990) (documentary)
(narrator)
White Palace (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991) – Academy Award
nomination for Best Actress
The Player (1992) (Cameo)
Light Sleeper (1992)
Bob Roberts (1992)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992) – Academy Award
nomination for Best Actress
Wilderness: The Last Stand (1993)
(documentary) (narrator)
The Client (1994) – Academy Award
nomination for Best Actress
Little Women (1994)
Safe Passage (1994)
The Celluloid Closet (1995) (documentary)
Dead Man Walking (1995) – Academy Award for
Best Actress
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and
the American Press (1996) (documentary) (narrator)
James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice)
The Need to Know (1997) (documentary)
(narrator)
Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins
(1997) (documentary) (narrator)
187: Documented (1997) (documentary)
(narrator)
Twilight (1998)
Illuminata (1998)
Stepmom (1998) (also executive producer)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Anywhere But Here (1999)
Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Light Keeps Me Company (2000) (documentary)
Iditarod: A Far Distant Place (2000)
(documentary) (narrator)
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000)
(documentary) (narrator)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) (voice)
Uphill All the Way (2001) (documentary)
(narrator)
900 Women (2001) (documentary) (narrator)
The Shaman's Apprentice (2001)
(documentary) (narrator)
Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice)
Rudyland (2001) (documentary) (narrator)
Ghosts of Attica (2001) (narrator)
Last Party 2000 (2001) (documentary)
Goodnight Moon (2001) (short subject)
(narrator)
This Child of Mine (2002) (documentary)
(narrator)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
The Banger Sisters (2002)
Moonlight Mile (2002) (also executive
producer)
XXI Century (2003) (documentary)
Children of Dune (2003) Wensicia Corrino
The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003)
(documentary) (narrator)
Burma: Anatomy of Terror (2003)
(documentary) (narrator)
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003)
(documentary) (narrator)
When the Mountains Tremble (2004)
(documentary)
Noel (2004)
Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (2004) (Cameo)
Shall We Dance (2004)
Alfie (2004)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Wiseguys and Beyond: Italian Americans and
the Movies (2005) (documentary) (currently filming)
A Whale in Montana (2005)
Irresistible (2006)
Manatee: The Forgotten Mermaid (2005)
(short subject) (narrator) (currently in production)
Mr. Woodcock (2006) (currently announced
start of production)
Enchanted (2007)
Academy Award and nominations
1981 - Nominated - Best Actress in a
Leading Role - Atlantic City
1991 - Nominated - Best Actress in a
Leading Role - Thelma and Louise
1992 - Nominated - Best Actress in a
Leading Role - Lorenzo's Oil
1994 - Nominated - Best Actress in a
Leading Role - The Client
1995 - Won - Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Dead Man Walking
Preceded by:
Jessica Lange
for Blue Sky Academy Award for Best Actress
1995
for Dead Man Walking Succeeded by:
Frances McDormand
for Fargo
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