She was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York City to Phillip Leslie Tomalin and Italian-born Lenora Marie Criscione. 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. 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.
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Susan Sarandon Filmography
part 1
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)
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)
White Palace (1990)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Light Sleeper (1992)
Academy Award and Nominations
Dead Man Walking
Release Date: 01/01/2000
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The Client
Release Date: 12/17/1997
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Lorenzo's Oil
Release Date: 04/06/2004
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Thelma & Louise (Special Edition)
Release Date: 02/04/2003
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Atlantic City
Release Date: 05/14/2002
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Susan Sarandon Filmography
part 2
Bob Roberts (1992)Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Wilderness: The Last Stand (1993) (documentary)
The Client (1994)
Little Women (1994)
Safe Passage (1994)
The Celluloid Closet (1995) (documentary)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and The American Press (1996)
James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice)
The Need to Know (1997) (documentary)
Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins (1997) (documentary)
187: Documented (1997) (documentary)
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)
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2000) (documentary)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) (voice)
Uphill All the Way (2001) (documentary)
900 Women (2001) (documentary)
The Shaman's Apprentice (2001) (documentary)
Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice)
Rudyland (2001) (documentary) (narrator)
Ghosts of Attica (2001) (narrator)
Last Party 2000 (2001) (documentary)
Some Great Susan Sarandon Movies
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Widescreen Edition)
Release Date: 09/03/2002
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Little Women (Collector's Edition)
Release Date: 04/25/2000
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Bull Durham
Release Date: 04/02/2002
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Stepmom
Release Date: 04/13/1999
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The Witches of Eastwick
Release Date: 08/20/1997
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Susan Sarandon Filmography
part 3
Goodnight Moon (2001) (short subject)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)
The Nazi Officer's Wife (2003) (documentary)
Burma: Anatomy of Terror (2003) (documentary)
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2003) (documentary)
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)
The Colossus (2007) (pre-production)
Eleanor & Colette (2007) (pre-production)
Charities and Causes
- CCR
- The Center for Constitutional Rights is the premiere legal institution of the progressive movement.
- MADRE: An International Women's Human Rights Organization>
- MADRE does much more than document and condemn abuses. We work with women who are affected by violations to help them win justice and, ultimately, change the conditions that give rise to human rights abuses. And we challenge US policies that undermine human rights.
- UNICEF - UNICEF Home
- The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- The Raul Julia Ending Hunger Fund
- a not-for-profit global strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.
- Heifer Project International
- Heifer International is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help end world hunger and poverty through self-reliance & sustainability.
Ask Away!
If you had one question to ask Susan, what would it be?
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lisadh
Love her! Great actess and woman. If I could ask any question, I'd ask what she feels is her greatest accomplishment in life. Posted June 22, 2008 |
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relache
Congratulations! Your lens was picked by me as one of the 100 Best Movie Lenses on Squidoo! I love movies and I'm sick of crappy lenses, so thanks for making a great one! C'mon by and see your lens plus 99 others. Posted April 02, 2007 |
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SpyGlassQueen
I would ask her how she stays so beautiful. Posted February 19, 2007 |
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oniyagi
Actually, thanks to building this lens, my wife and I became involved with Heifer International. Posted October 21, 2006 |
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MeganCasey
way to go on the charities and causes! Posted October 19, 2006 |
