Susan Sarandon

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Susan Sarandon (2017)

Susan Sarandon Abigail (* 4. October 1946 in New York City as Susan Abigail Tomalin) is an American actress . She won an Oscar in 1996 for her portrayal of Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking .

Life

Susan Sarandon was born the eldest of nine children of a strictly Catholic family of Italian - Welsh descent. Sarandon's father Philip Tomalin was also active in show business as a singer in a big band. “I was forbidden to sing because I didn't have a beautiful voice. This created a music phobia in me, ”Sarandon told the Guardian .

After completing school, she enrolled at the Catholic University in Washington, DC and took a. a. the subjects of acting, English and military strategy. She earned the money for her studies through jobs as a secretary, cleaning lady and model. Actually, she didn't care much for acting, but in 1964 she took part in a theater performance. She met Chris Sarandon , who eventually brought her to acting. The two married in 1967. “I married Chris, the first man I ever slept with. I was convinced he knew everything, ”Sarandon said in an interview with The Guardian in March 2006.

Through her husband, Sarandon came to film in 1970, and both were cast in the film Joe - Revenge for America (directed by John G. Avildsen , with Peter Boyle ). Chris failed, and she was cast for a leading role. She then shot small parts for television while still studying in Washington, D.C. In 1975 she starred alongside Robert Redford in Reckless Fliers and she had her first major hit with the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show , in which she played Janet Weiss . In the drama Pretty Baby (by Louis Malle ) she convinced as the mother of a prostitute (played by Brooke Shields ). Shortly thereafter, she worked again with Louis Malle for Atlantic City, USA - and she was nominated for an Oscar for her role as waitress . The two also got closer in private. In 1979 she divorced Chris Sarandon . In 1983 she starred alongside Catherine Deneuve in the horror film Desire , before her career break through starring alongside Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer in The Witches of Eastwick .

In her next film project Annie's Men , she met Tim Robbins in 1988 and began a relationship with him. Your involvement in the project came about at the instigation of Kevin Costner , so Sarandon in an interview with the London Guardian. “The producers didn't want to cast Tim or me for the film. We owe it to Kevin that we got the roles. He stood up for us and did not give up. "

In 1991, Sarandon appeared with Geena Davis in Thelma & Louise . She was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of a waitress turned criminal. In the following year she was nominated again after convincing Lorenzo's oil as a caring mother. Just two years later, she received the next nomination for an Oscar for her role as a boy's protective lawyer in The Client , but lost the award to Jessica Lange . She starred alongside Sean Penn in the film Dead Man Walking , directed by her partner Tim Robbins and with whom she had strong liberal, political and social engagement, and was awarded an Oscar for her role as a nun Helen Prejean excellent.

In December 2009, Sarandon and Robbins announced their split. Sarandon has two sons with Tim Robbins, one of whom is actor Miles Robbins . Her daughter Eva Amurri from a relationship with the Italian director Franco Amurri is also an actress.

In her career to date, she has been nominated for an Oscar five times. She eventually won it for Dead Man Walking (1995) in 1996 . She was also nominated nine times for the Golden Globe, most recently for the series Feud , in which she was seen as Bette Davis .

Her German dubbing voice is Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif in most of the films , but she is also spoken by Gisela Fritsch , Ute Meinhardt , Monica Bielenstein , Uta Hallant , Ana Fonell and Hannelore Elsner .

Other engagements

In 1999 she protested against "racist search methods" used by the New York police . The occasion was the death of Amadou Diallo , who was shot by a special unit. In December 2000, Susan Sarandon and other celebrities supported opponents of lethal injection and the electric chair at a demonstration in front of the UN headquarters . She was arrested during a demonstration against the police.

In 2003, she appeared in commercials Love is Love is Love to that for the acceptance of gays , lesbians and transgender recruited, and in 2005 she was the presenter of the eleventh Live 8 -Konzerts in Edinburgh . At the opening ceremony of the XX. At the Winter Olympics , the avowed pacifist and seven other women, including the Chilean writer Isabel Allende and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai , carried the Olympic flag into the Olympic Stadium in Turin . She also took part in the United Hollywood campaign on the occasion of the scriptwriters' strike in 2007 , alongside many colleagues from the film business .

In 2010, Sarandon was named Ambassador to the FAO Goodwill Ambassador together with Celine Dion .

In 2011, Sarandon attended the Occupy Wall Street protest movement .

In a 2011 interview related to her role as sister Helen Prejean in the film Dead Man Walking , Susan Sarandon referred to then- Pope Benedict XVI. as a Nazi (" The one before , not the Nazi that we have right now"). Two days after the incident, the Anti-Defamation League asked her to apologize.

In the 2016 US presidential election, she made public her support for Senator Bernie Sanders . In the course of the 2016 presidential election in the United States , she supported the Green Party candidate Jill Stein .

She has been campaigning for cannabis legalization for years .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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Golden Globe Award

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British Academy Film Award

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Screen Actors Guild Award

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London Critics' Circle Film Award

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Chlotrudis Award

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Golden Raspberry

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Women's World Awards
  • 2006: World Lifetime Achievement Award
Golden camera
  • 2015: Lifetime Achievement International
Emmy Award nominations
  • 2001: Best guest actress in a comedy series for Friends
  • 2002: Best guest actress in a comedy series for Malcolm in the middle
  • 2008: Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Bernard and Doris
  • 2010: Best Supporting Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries for A Life for Death
  • 2018: Best Actress in a TV Movie or Miniseries for her role in Feud

Web links

Commons : Susan Sarandon  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Interviews

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Suzie Mackenzie: A fine romancer - Suzie Mackenzie meets Susan Sarandon. The Guardian , March 18, 2006, accessed October 4, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins split up. dpa article on Yahoo.com , December 24, 2009, archived from the original on December 27, 2009 ; Retrieved October 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000215/awards?ref_=nm_awd
  4. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau (magazine), 6./7. June 2007, p. 32.
  5. ↑ Interview with Susan Sarandon during her visit to the Occupy Wall Street Protestors. In: YouTube . Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Susan Sarandon on the Pope: "The Nazi We Have Right Now". dpa article on taz.de , October 18, 2011, accessed on October 4, 2016 .
  7. ↑ ADL Says Susan Sarandon Should Apologize For Referring To Pope Benedict XVI As 'A Nazi' . ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Anti-Defamation League press release , October 17, 2011, accessed October 4, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adl.org
  8. ↑ Meet Bernie Sanders' Top Celebrity Backers - ABC News . Abcnews.go.com. August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ Is Socialism Here To Stay In 2016, Or Is Bernie Sanders Just Another Howard Dean? . In: Forbes , September 11, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017. 
  10. ↑ “The DNC is gone”: Susan Sarandon defends vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein - Article on Salon.com, November 4, 2016, accessed November 7, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ Abendzeitung Germany: Tips for drug consumption: Susan Sarandon promotes marijuana instead of alcohol - Abendzeitung Munich. Retrieved April 11, 2019 .
  12. ^ Dan Skye: The High Times Interview: Susan Sarandon. July 31, 2015, Retrieved April 11, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Sarandon, Susan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tomalin, Susan Abigail (maiden name); Sarandon, Susan Abigail (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States