Susan Saradon

Susan Abigail Tomalin
1946 -
American born New York City

Height 5' 7½" (1.71 m) . It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for Joe (1970). Chris Sarandon, who had studied to be an actor, was passed over. His wife Susan got a major role.That role was as Susan Compton, the daughter of ad executive Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick). In the movie Dad Bill kills Susan's drug dealer boyfriend and next befriends Joe (Peter Boyle)-- a bigot who works on an assembly line and who collects guns.Five years later, Sarandon made the film where fans of cult classics have come to know her as Janet, who gets entangled with transvestite Dr. Frank n Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). More than 15 years after beginning her career Sarandon at last actively campaigned for a great role, Annie in Bull Durham (1988), flying at her own expense from Rome to Los Angeles. "It was such a wonderful script ... and did away with a lot of myths and challenged the American definition of success", she said. "When I got there, I spent some time with Kevin Costner, kissed some ass at the studio and got back on a plane". Her romance with the Bull Durham (1988) supporting actor, Tim Robbins, had produced two sons by 1992 and put Sarandon in the position of leaving her domestic paradise only to accept roles that really challenged her. The result was four Academy Award nominations in the 1990s and best actress for Dead Man Walking (1995). Her first Academy Award nomination was for Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980). Spouse Chris Sarandon (16 September 1967 - 1979) (divorced).

Eleanor & Colette (2007) , The Colossus (2007) , The Battle in Seattle (2007) , Emotional Arithmetic (2007) , Enchanted (2007) , Mr. Woodcock (2007) , Bernard and Doris (2006) , "Rescue Me" (2006), Irresistible (2006) , Romance & Cigarettes (2005) , Elizabethtown (2005), The Exonerated (2005) , A Whale in Montana (2005) , Alfie (2004) , Shall We Dance (2004) , Noel (2004) , Troy: The Passion of Helen (2004), Ice Bound (2003) , "Children of Dune" (2003) , Little Miss Spider (2002), "Independent Lens" (2002) , Moonlight Mile (2002) , The Banger Sisters (2002) , Igby Goes Down (2002) , "Mad TV" (2001) , "Malcolm in the Middle" (2002) , Cats & Dogs (2001) , "Cool Women in History" (2001) , "Friends" (2001) , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II (2000) , Joe Gould's Secret (2000) , Anywhere But Here (1999) , Cradle Will Rock (1999) , Earthly Possessions (1999) , Our Friend, Martin (1999) , For Love of Julian (1999) , Stepmom (1998) , Illuminata (1998), Twilight (1998) , The Need to Know (1997) , James and the Giant Peach (1996) , Dead Man Walking (1995) , "The Simpsons" (1995) , Safe Passage (1994) , Little Women (1994) , The Client (1994) , Lorenzo's Oil (1992) , Bob Roberts (1992) , Light Sleeper (1992) , Thelma & Louise (1991) , White Palace (1990) , A Dry White Season (1989) , January Man (1989), Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) , Bull Durham (1988) , The Witches of Eastwick (1987) , Women of Valor (1986) , Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce (1985) , Compromising Positions (1985) , "A.D." (1985) , "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) , The Buddy System (1984) , "Oxbridge Blues" (1984) , The Hunger (1983) , Tempest (1982) , Who Am I This Time? (1982) , Loving Couples (1980) , Atlantic City (1980) , Something Short of Paradise (1979) , King of the Gypsies (1978) , Pretty Baby (1978) , The Last of the Cowboys (1977) , The Other Side of Midnight (1977) , Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) , Dragonfly (1976) , The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) , The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) , The Whirlwind (1974) , The Front Page (1974), Lovin' Molly (1974) , The Rimers of Eldritch (1974) , June Moon (1974) , F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974) , The Satan Murders (1974) , "Wide World of Mystery" (1973) , "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) , "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" (1971) , Fleur bleue (1971) , Mortadella, La (1971) , "A World Apart" (1970) , Joe (1970)