Susan Sarandon Bio

It was the 1968 Democratic Convention and there was a casting call for a movie with many roles for young people who disrupted it. Two recent graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC were invited to auditions in New York for Joe (1970). Chris Sarandon, who had been studying to become an actor, was not selected over. Susan, his wife Susan was given the coveted role in the movie as Susan Compton as the child of Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick). In the film Dad Bill kills Susan's drug dealer lover and then becomes friends with Joe (Peter Boyle)-- a bigot who works in an assembly line and who has a collection of guns.Five years later, Sarandon made the film that fans of the cult classics are familiar with her as Janet who is involved with transvestite Dr. Frank n Furter in The The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). After more than 15 years, Sarandon began to campaign for Annie in Bull Durham (1988), taking a flight from Rome to Los Angeles at her expense. She stated "It was an amazing script... it eliminated a myriad of stereotypes and challenged the American definition of success". "I had a few hours there with Kevin Costner, sex some males in the studio before getting back on a plane. Tim Robbins (1988), her Bull Durham supporting actor, already had two sons by the year 1992 and made Sarandon in a position in which she could leave home and be able to take on more difficult roles. The result was four Academy Award nominations in the 1990s as well as the award for best actress for Dead Man Walking (1995). Her first Academy Award nomination was for Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980).