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Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress.

Biography

Early life

She was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York City to Phillip Leslie Tomalin (who had Irish, Welsh, 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 from Edison High School in 1964, and then attended The Catholic University of America from 1964 to 1968 where she attained a BA in drama.

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 did not 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.

Sarandon 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).

Sarandon was slated to appear in The Simpsons as herself, in an episode to air in spring 2006; she has 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 [3].

Personal life

While in college, she 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 progressive political causes.

In 2003, Sarandon appeared in a "Love is Love is Love" commercial, promoting the acceptance of gay, lesbian and transgender individuals.

In 2005, she 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.

She maintains a close friendship with actress Julia Roberts.

Filmography

Features:

• Joe (1970)
• Lady Liberty (1971)
• The Apprentice (1971)
• Lovin' Molly (1974)
• The Front Page (1974)
• The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• Dragonfly (1976)
• Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)
• The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
• The Last of the Cowboys (1977)
• Pretty Baby (1978)
• King of the Gypsies (1978)
• Something Short of Paradise (1979)
• Atlantic City (1980)
• Loving Couples (1980)
• Tempest (1982)
• The Hunger (1983)
• The Buddy System (1984)
• Compromising Positions (1985)
• The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
• Bull Durham (1988)
• Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
• The January Man (1989)
• A Dry White Season (1989)
• White Palace (1990)
• Thelma & Louise (1991)
• The Player (1992) (Cameo)
• Light Sleeper (1992)
• Bob Roberts (1992)
• Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
• The Client (1994)
• Little Women (1994)
• Safe Passage (1994)
• Dead Man Walking (1995)
• James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice)
• Twilight (1998)
• Illuminata (1998)
• Stepmom (1998)
• Our Friend, Martin (1999) (voice) (direct-to-video)
• Cradle Will Rock (1999)
• Anywhere But Here (1999)
• Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
• Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) (voice)
• Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice)
• Goodnight Moon (2001) (voice) (short subject)
• Igby Goes Down (2002)
• The Banger Sisters (2002)
• Moonlight Mile (2002)
• Little Miss Spider (2002) (narrator) (short subject)
• Children of Dune (2003) (TV miniseries)
• Noel (2004)
• Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004) (Cameo)
• Shall We Dance (2004)
• Alfie (2004)
• Elizabethtown (2005)
• Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
• Irresistible (2006)

Upcoming:

• Mr. Woodcock (2007)
• Bernard and Doris (2007)
• Enchanted (2007)
• Emotional Arithmetic (2007)
• The Battle in Seattle (2008)
• Eleanor & Colette (2008)

Documentaries:

• When the Mountains Tremble (1983)
• Through the Wire (1990) (narrator)
• Wildnerness: The Last Stand (1993) (narrator)
• The Celluloid Closet (1995)
• Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996) (narrator)
• The Need to Know (1997) (narrator)
• Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins (1997) (narrator)
• 187: Documented (1997) (narrator)
• For Love of Julian (1999) (narrator)
• Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
• Iditarod: A Far Distant Place (2000) (narrator)
• This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000) (narrator)
• Uphill All the Way (2001) (narrator)
• 900 Women (2001) (narrator)
• The Shaman's Apprentice (2001) (narrator)
• Rudyland (2001) (narrator)
• Ghosts of Attica (2001) (narrator)
• Last Party 2000 (2001)
• The Next Industrial Revolution (2002) (narrator)
• Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002) (narrator)
• XXI Century (2003)
• The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003) (narrator)
• Burma: Anatomy of Terror (2003) (narrator)
• Fragile Hopes from the Killing Fields (2004) (narrator)
• A Whale in Montana (2005) (narrator)
• On the Line: Dissent in an Age of Terrorism (2005)
• Secrets of the Code (2006) (narrator)

Upcoming:

• This Child of Mine (2007) (narrator)
• World Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (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

External links

• Susan Sarandon's political donations at newsmeat.com
• Susan Sarandon in the news supporting Mumia Abu-Jamal

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