Susan Sarandon facts for kids
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Susan Sarandon
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Sarandon at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
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Susan Abigail Tomalin
October 4, 1946 New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) | Chris Sarandon (1967–1979) |
| Partner(s) | Tim Robbins (1988–2009) |
| Children | 3 |
Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She was born in New York City and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. She has received many awards in her career for her work, including the Academy Award in 1995 for her role at the movie Dead Man Walking, written and directed by her partner, actor and director Tim Robbins.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Joe | Melissa Compton | |
| 1971 | Lady Liberty | Sally | |
| The Apprentice | Elizabeth Hawkins | ||
| 1974 | Lovin' Molly | Sarah | |
| The Front Page | Peggy Grant | ||
| 1975 | The Great Waldo Pepper | Mary Beth | |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Janet Weiss | ||
| 1976 | One Summer Love | Chloe | |
| 1977 | Checkered Flag or Crash | C.C. Wainwright | |
| The Other Side of Midnight | Catherine Alexander Douglas | ||
| The Great Smokey Roadblock | Ginny | Also co-producer | |
| 1978 | Pretty Baby | Hattie | |
| King of the Gypsies | Rose | ||
| 1979 | Something Short of Paradise | Madeline Ross | |
| 1980 | Atlantic City | Sally Matthews | |
| Loving Couples | Stephanie Beck | ||
| 1982 | Tempest | Aretha Tomalin | |
| 1983 | The Hunger | Sarah Roberts | |
| 1984 | The Buddy System | Emily Price | |
| 1985 | Compromising Positions | Judith Singer | |
| 1987 | The Witches of Eastwick | Jane Spofford | |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Passenger in Car Being Passed | ||
| 1988 | Bull Durham | Annie Savoy | |
| Sweet Hearts Dance | Sandra Boon | ||
| 1989 | The January Man | Christine Starkey | |
| A Dry White Season | Melanie Bruwer | ||
| 1990 | White Palace | Nora Baker | |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Louise Sawyer | |
| 1992 | The Player | Herself | |
| Light Sleeper | Ann | ||
| Bob Roberts | Tawna Titan | ||
| Lorenzo's Oil | Michaela Odone | ||
| 1994 | The Client | Regina "Reggie" Love | |
| Little Women | Margaret "Marmee" March | ||
| Safe Passage | Margaret "Mag" Singer | ||
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Sister Helen Prejean | |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Miss Spider (voice) | |
| 1998 | Twilight | Catherine Ames | |
| Illuminata | Calimene | ||
| Stepmom | Jackie Harrison | Also executive producer | |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Mrs. Clark (voice) | Direct to video |
| Cradle Will Rock | Margherita SarfattI | ||
| Anywhere but Here | Adele August | ||
| 2000 | Joe Gould's Secret | Alice Neel | |
| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Coco LaBouche (voice) | ||
| 2001 | Cats & Dogs | Ivy (voice) | |
| Goodnight Moon | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Mimi Slocumb | |
| The Banger Sisters | Lavinia Kingsley | ||
| Moonlight Mile | Jojo Floss | Also executive producer | |
| Little Miss Spider | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2004 | Noel | Rose Collins | |
| Jiminy Glick in Lalawood | Herself | Cameo | |
| Shall We Dance | Beverly Clark | ||
| Alfie | Liz | ||
| 2005 | Elizabethtown | Hollie Baylor | |
| Romance & Cigarettes | Kitty Kane Murder | ||
| 2006 | Irresistible | Sophie Hartley | |
| 2007 | Mr. Woodcock | Beverly Farley | |
| In the Valley of Elah | Joan Deerfield | ||
| Enchanted | Queen Narissa | ||
| Emotional Arithmetic | Melanie Lansing Winters | ||
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Mom Racer | |
| Middle of Nowhere | Rhonda Berry | ||
| 2009 | The Greatest | Grace Brewer | |
| Leaves of Grass | Daisy Kincaid | ||
| Solitary Man | Nancy Kalmen | ||
| The Lovely Bones | Grandma Lynn | ||
| 2010 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Sylvia Moore | |
| Peacock | Fanny Crill | ||
| 2012 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Sharon Thompkins | |
| Robot & Frank | Jennifer | ||
| That's My Boy | Mary McGarricle | ||
| Arbitrage | Ellen Miller | ||
| Cloud Atlas | Madame Horrox / Older Ursula / Yosouf Suleiman / Abbess | ||
| The Company You Keep | Sharon Solarz | ||
| 2013 | Snitch | Joanne Keeghan | |
| Irwin & Fran | Narrator | ||
| The Big Wedding | Bebe McBride | ||
| The Last of Robin Hood | Florence Aadland | ||
| 2014 | Tammy | Pearl Balzen | |
| Ping Pong Summer | Randy Jammer | ||
| The Calling | Hazel Micallief | ||
| 2015 | Hell and Back | Barb the Angel (voice) | |
| The Meddler | Marnie Minervini | Also executive producer | |
| 3 Generations | Dolly | ||
| The Other Side of the Lake the Purple Girl | Herself | ||
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Herself | Uncredited cameo |
| April and the Extraordinary World | Chimene (voice) | English dub | |
| Mothers and Daughters | Millie | ||
| Spark | Bananny (voice) | ||
| Ace the Case | Detective Dottie Wheel | ||
| My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Lunch Lady Lorraine (voice) | ||
| 2017 | A Bad Moms Christmas | Isis Dunkler | |
| 2018 | The Death and Life of John F. Donovan | Grace Donovan | |
| Viper Club | Helen | ||
| 2019 | Blackbird | Lily | |
| The Jesus Rolls | Jean |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1971 | A World Apart | Patrice Kahlman | 1 episode |
| Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Joyce | Episode: "Burden of Proof" | |
| 1972 | Search for Tomorrow | Sarah Fairbanks | Unknown episodes |
| 1974 | F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' | Ailie Calhoun | Television film |
| The Satan Murders | Kate | ||
| June Moon | Eileen | ||
| The Rimers of Eldritch | Pasty Johnson | ||
| 1975 | The Haunting of Rosalind | ||
| 1982 | Who Am I This Time? | Helene Shaw | Episode: "American Playhouse" |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Natalie | Episode: "He'll See You Now" |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Beauty | Episode: "Beauty And The Beast" | |
| 1985 | A.D | Livilla | 5 episodes |
| Mussolini and I | Edda Mussolini Ciano | Television film | |
| 1986 | Women of Valor | Col. Margaret Ann Jessup | |
| 1994 | All Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Bitsy | Television special |
| 1995 | The Simpsons | Ballet Teacher (voice) | Episode: "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" |
| 1999 | Earthly Possessions | Charlotte Emory | Television film |
| 2001 | Friends | Cecilia Monroe/Jessica Lockhart | Episode: "The One With Joey's New Brain" |
| Cool Women in History | Herself (host) | Season 1 | |
| Courage the Cowardly Dog | Fishionary (voice) | Episode: "Fishy Business/Angry Nasty People" | |
| 2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Meg | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole | Dr. Jerri Nielsen | Television film |
| Frank Herbert's Children of Dune | Princess Wensicia | 3 episodes | |
| 2004 | Troy: The Passion of Helen | Herself (host) | Television documentary |
| 2005 | The Exonerated | Sunny Jacobs | Television film |
| Mad TV | Various roles | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Simpsons | Herself (voice) | Episode: "Bart Has Two Mommies" |
| 2006–2007 | Rescue Me | Alicia Green | 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Bernard and Doris | Doris Duke | Television film |
| 2009, 2011 | Saturday Night Live | Mother | Uncredited 2 episodes |
| 2009 | ER | Nora | Episode: "Old Times" |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Janet Good | Television film |
| 2011–2012 | 30 Rock | Lynn Onkman | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | The Big C | Joy the Joyologist | 6 episodes |
| Louie | Herself | Episode: "Late Night Part 3" | |
| 2013–2014 | Mike & Molly | J.C. Small | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Doll & Em | Herself | Episode: "Two" |
| 2015 | The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe | Gladys | 2 episodes |
| Moonbeam City | Ice Ivory (voice) | Episode: "The Legend of Circuit Lake" | |
| 2016 | Cassius and Clay | (voice) | Pilot |
| American Dad! | Mrs. Jasperterian (voice) | Episode: "American Dad!" | |
| 2016–2017 | Skylanders Academy | Golden Queen (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2017 | Feud: Bette and Joan | Bette Davis | 8 episodes; also co-producer |
| Rick and Morty | Dr. Wong (voice) | Episode: "Pickle Rick" | |
| 2017–2019 | Ray Donovan | Samantha Winslow | 16 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | Neo Yokio | Aunt Agatha (voice) | 7 episodes |
| 2019 | Robot Chicken | Various roles (voice) | Episode: "Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes" |
Documentaries
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1983 | When the Mountains Tremble | Herself |
| 1990 | Through the Wire | Narrator |
| 1993 | Wilderness: The Last Stand | |
| 1994 | School of the Americas Assassins | |
| 1995 | The Celluloid Closet | Herself |
| One Woman One Vote | Narrator | |
| 1996 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | |
| 1997 | The Need to Know | |
| Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins | ||
| 187: Documented | ||
| 1999 | For Love of Julian | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | Herself |
| Iditarod: A Far Distant Place | Narrator | |
| Mythos | ||
| This Is What Democracy Looks Like | ||
| Dying to be Thin | ||
| 2001 | Uphill All the Way | |
| 900 Women | ||
| The Shaman's Apprentice | ||
| Rudyland | ||
| Islamabad: Rock City | ||
| Ghosts of Attica | ||
| The Party's Over | Herself | |
| 2002 | The Next Industrial Revolution | Narrator |
| Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | ||
| 2003 | XXI Century | Herself |
| The Nazi Officer's Wife | Narrator | |
| Burma: Anatomy of Terror | ||
| Journey of the Heart: The Life of Henri Nouwen | ||
| 2004 | Fragile Hopes from the Killing Fields | |
| 2005 | A Whale in Montana | |
| On the Line: Dissent in an Age of Terrorism | Herself | |
| 2006 | Secrets of the Code | Narrator |
| Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars | ||
| Home | Herself | |
| 2007 | This Child of Mine | Narrator |
| Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | Herself | |
| Coming Home | ||
| 2008 | A War in Hollywood | |
| 2009 | PoliWood | |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | |
| 2014 | Unity | Narrator |
| 2015 | Connected | Herself |
| 2017 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story | Executive producer only |
| Soufra | ||
| Up To Us | Herself | |
| 2018 | The Survivor's Guide to Prison | Narrator; also producer |
| American Mirror | Herself, model | |
| Death Row Stories | Narrator; also producer |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
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| 2012 | Dishonored | Granny Rags |
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Album | Title | Ref. |
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| 2009 | The Lonely Island | Single, rereleased in Turtleneck & Chain | “Motherlover” | |
| 2016 | Justice | Woman | "Fire" | |
| 2017 | Jay-Z | 4:44 | "Legacy" |
Images for kids
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Susan Sarandon's hand and footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
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