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 the major role of the daughter of an advertising executive. Dad kills her drug dealer boyfriend and befriends an opinionated assembly line worker 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 Dead Man Walking (1995). Her first Academy Award nomination was for Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980).
Susan Sarandon Filmography:
A Whale in Montana (2005) (filming)
Mr. Woodcock (2006) (post-production) .... Beverly Farley
Doris and Bernard (2006) (post-production) .... Doris
Irresistible (2005) (completed)
Romance & Cigarettes (2005) .... Kitty Kane
Elizabethtown (2005) .... Hollie Baylor
The Exonerated (2005) (TV) .... Sunny
Alfie (2004) .... Liz
Shall We Dance (2004) .... Beverly Clark
Noel (2004) .... Rose Harrison
Ice Bound (2003) (TV) .... Dr. Jerri Nielsen
... aka Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (Canada: English title)
... aka Prison de glace (Canada: French title)
"Children of Dune" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Princess Wensicia Corrino
... aka Dune - Bedrohung des Imperiums (Germany: second part title)
... aka Dune - Der Messias (Germany: first part title)
... aka Dune - Die Kinder des Wüstenplaneten (Germany: third part title)
... aka Dune - Krieg um den Wüstenplaneten (Germany: cut version)
... aka Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (USA: complete title)
"Independent Lens" (2002) TV Series .... Host
Moonlight Mile (2002) .... Jojo Floss
The Banger Sisters (2002) .... Lavinia Kingsley
Igby Goes Down (2002) .... Mimi Slocumb
Cats & Dogs (2001) (voice) .... Ivy
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II (2000) (voice) .... Coco LaBouche
... aka Rugrats in Paris - Der Film (Germany)
... aka Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (USA: short title)
Joe Gould's Secret (2000) .... Alice Neel
Anywhere But Here (1999) .... Adele August
Cradle Will Rock (1999) .... Margherita Sarfatti
Earthly Possessions (1999) (TV) .... Charlotte Emory
Our Friend, Martin (1999) (V) (voice) .... Mrs. Clark
Stepmom (1998) .... Jackie Harrison
Illuminata (1998) .... Celimene
... aka Illuminata (Spain)
Twilight (1998) .... Catherine Ames
The Need to Know (1997) (voice) .... Narrator
James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice) .... Spider
Dead Man Walking (1995) .... Sister Helen Prejean
Safe Passage (1994) .... Margaret Singer
Little Women (1994) .... Mrs. March
The Client (1994) .... Reggie Love
Lorenzo's Oil (1992) .... Michaela Odone
Bob Roberts (1992) .... Tawna Titan
Light Sleeper (1992) .... Ann
Thelma & Louise (1991) .... Louise Elizabeth Sawyer
White Palace (1990) .... Nora Baker
A Dry White Season (1989) .... Melanie Bruwer
January Man (1989) .... Christine Starkey
... aka The January Man (USA: poster title)
Sweet Hearts Dance (1988) .... Sandra Boon
Bull Durham (1988) .... Annie Savoy
The Witches of Eastwick (1987) .... Jane Spofford
Women of Valor (1986) (TV) .... Col. Margaret Ann Jessup
Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce (1985) (TV) .... Edda Ciano
... aka Ich und der Duce (West Germany)
... aka Io e il duce (Italy)
... aka Mussolini and I
Compromising Positions (1985) .... Judith Singer
"A.D." (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Livilla
... aka A.D. - Anno Domini
The Buddy System (1984) .... Emily
"Oxbridge Blues" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Natalie
The Hunger (1983) .... Sarah Roberts
Tempest (1982) .... Aretha
Who Am I This Time? (1982) (TV) .... Helene Shaw
... aka American Playhouse: Who Am I This Time? (USA: series title)
Loving Couples (1980) .... Stephanie
Atlantic City (1980) .... Sally Matthews
... aka Atlantic City (USA)
Something Short of Paradise (1979) .... Madeline Ross
... aka Perfect Love (USA: video title)
Pretty Baby (1978) .... Hattie
King of the Gypsies (1978) .... Rose
The Last of the Cowboys (1977) .... Ginny
... aka The Great Smokey Roadblock (USA: new title)
The Other Side of Midnight (1977) .... Catherine Alexander Douglas
Checkered Flag or Crash (1977) .... C.C. Wainwright
... aka Crash
Dragonfly (1976) .... Chloe
... aka One Summer Love (USA: reissue title)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) .... Janet Weiss
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) .... Mary Beth
The Front Page (1974) .... Peggy Grant
The Whirlwind (1974) (TV)
Lovin' Molly (1974) .... Sarah
The Rimers of Eldritch (1974) (TV) .... Patsy Johnson
June Moon (1974) (TV) .... Eileen
F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' (1974) (TV) .... Ailie Calhoun
The Satan Murders (1974) (TV)
"Search for Tomorrow" (1951) TV Series .... Sarah Fairbanks (1972)
Fleur bleue (1971) .... Elizabeth Hawkins
... aka The Apprentice
Mortadella, La (1971) .... Sally
... aka Lady Liberty (USA)
... aka The Sausage (Italy)
"A World Apart" (1970) TV Series .... Patrice Kahlman (1970-1971)
Joe (1970) .... Melissa Compton
