Susan Sarandon
04 October, 1946
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Biography
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 Przed egzekucją (1995). Her first Academy Award nomination was for Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980).
Movies
A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Lavinia and Suzette, former rock groupies and best friends, reconnect after twenty years; one is still as wild as ever, while the other has adopted a more conservative lifestyle.
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
As he copes with the death of his fiancée, a young man befriends her parents and must figure out what he wants out of life.
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
This down-and-dirty musical set in the world of working-class New York tells the story of a husband's journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife.
A train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's bank clerk.
Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.
A drug dealer reconsiders his profession when his boss plans to go straight and an old flame reappears.
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Fort Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Two years after being forced out of NYPD, quirky Nick is rehired by the mayor to catch a serial killer after the 11th murder of a woman.
Lust turns to love for a 40-ish working-class woman and a 20-ish yuppie adman with little in common.
After Ray decides to transition from female to male, Ray's mother Maggie must come to terms with the decision while tracking down Ray's biological father to get his legal consent.
Ten easy steps show you how to make money from drugs, featuring a series of interviews with drug dealers, prison employees, and lobbyists arguing for tougher drug laws.
A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
A terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film 'Silent Heart'.