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Born: As Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4th, 1946 in New York City.

Academy Award winning actress Susan Sarandon was cast for the part of Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) as a relative unknown who had appeared in a few film and television roles beginning with Joe in 1970. An American actress was wanted for the role of Janet, and Tim Curry (who Susan Sarandon had met at the the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles) suggested that she audition. She had done no professional singing prior to this role, but was interested in the challenge. After Rocky Horror of course she would go on to extraordinary success as an actress with five Academy Award nominations, while also being noted for her social and political activism. Susan Sarandon has been in a relationship with actor Tim Robbins since meeting him on the set of Bull Durham in 1988. She was married to actor Chris Sarandon until 1979, and elected to keep her married name as her stage name.

SELECTED FILM ROLES

• Joe (1970): MELISSA COMPTON
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): JANET WEISS
• Atlantic City (1980): SALLY MATTHEWS
  Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
• The Hunger (1983): SARAH ROBERTS
• The Witches of Eastwick (1987): JANE SPOFFORD
• Bull Durham (1988): ANNIE SAVOY
• Thelma & Louise (1991): LOUISE
  Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
• Lorenzo's Oil (1992): MICHAELA ODONE
  Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
• The Client (1994): REGINA "REGGIE" LOVE
  Academy Award nomination for Best Actress
• Dead Man Walking (1995): SISTER HELEN PREJEAN
  Academy Award winner for Best Actress
• Stepmom (1998): JACKIE HARRISON
• Enchanted (2007): QUEEN NARISSA

• Susan Sarandon
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• Susan Sarandon Fan Site

• Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 Production Notes) - Included in the press kit from 20th Century Fox, for the original release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 3,318 word HTML document, 24 KB.
• Rocky Horror Picture Show 20th Anniversary (1995 Press Release) - Included in the press kit from 20th Century Fox, for the 20th Anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1995. 2,034 word HTML document, 16 KB.