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Susan Sarandon (born 1946) is an American actress who has appeared in almost 50 films. Ben Yagoda, in "American Film", suggests "Sarandon "is" a character actor, in the best sense of the word, with attributes that don't necessarily translate into the traditional notion of stardom." As an actress and a political activist, Sarandon presents an important side of American cinema.
Born to Phillip, an advertising executive, and Lenora Marie Crisicione Tomalin, Sarandon was the eldest of the couple's nine children. Growing up in a Welsh/Italian household she was raised Catholic. As a teenager in the 1960s Sarandon was active in the civil rights and anti-war movements and was arrested in high school for participating in protests.
After graduating from high school, she attended Catholic University in Washington D.C. She graduated from college with a degree in Drama in 1969. While in college she met Chris Sarandon who shared her love of acting. They were married on September 16, 1967. Following graduation, Chris Sarandon went to a casting call and asked Susan along to read scenes with him. Both Sarandons ended up with parts in Joe. With this debut, Susan Sarandon began a long career in film.
The Film World
Chris Baker, on his webpage, suggests Sarandon "is an intelligent and versatile actress having built a reputation for portraying strong, independent women on the screen." Yet many critics define her early films as her 'ingenue' period. Following her debut in Joe, Sarandon appeared in a number of soap operas, some television episodes, movies and mini-series. From 1970 through 1978, many of Sarandon's roles were minor parts. In 1975 she starred as Janet in the great classic cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is quite possibly her most watched film.
Following her divorce from Chris Sarandon in 1979, Susan Sarandon went on to work with director Louis Malle in Pretty Baby and Atlantic City. She received critical acclaim for both films and was nominated for an Oscar for Atlantic City. In an interview with Eleanor Blau, for the New York Times, Sarandon said "I try for parts that frighten me or seem impossible. So to survive, I will have to learn something and overcome it." She is well known for taking acting risks as illustrated by these two films. In Pretty Baby Sarandon plays a prostitute whose child (played by Brooke Shields) also grows up to be a prostitute. She took another risk in one of the opening scenes of Atlantic City by bathing her bare breasts with lemons in front of an open window. In The Hunger, 1993, Sarandon has a same-sex love scene with Catherine Deneuve.
A Theatrical Detour
Another risk Sarandon took in the early eighties was to work in theater. She formed an improvisational company with friends. In 1981 she appeared off-Broadway in A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, with Eileen Brennan and received favorable reviews. She followed this with a well-received performance in Extremities. The play deals with an attempted rape and what occurs when in a surprising twist the intended victim captures her would-be rapist. As Sarandon explained to Blau, "Extremities is a metaphor about the animal in you. And it's about power. Not sex-that's not what rape is about; it's the rage a rapist feels and the power he is exercising. She's learning from him about power. The play is about the contagion of violence."
In an interview with Christian Williams, for the Washington Post, she compared theater to film. "Movies don't provide any instant gratification at all. Making them is very slow, and there's a lot of waiting around. But on a stage it's overwhelming. You and the audience become completely involved, laughing and crying together and if when it's over they applaud, there's no way to avoid believing that you contributed to it."
During this time Sarandon gave birth to her daughter Eva Maria Livia Amurri. Eva's father is writer-director Franco Amurri, Sarandon's partner at the time, but the relationship did not last.
Political Activist
Gloria Jacobs in Ms. magazine claims that for Sarandon "political activism is not a pastime but an inherent part of her life-part of her soul." As she told Clarke Taylor, in the Chicago Tribune, "It's a matter of extending one's sense of responsibility to others, and to the rest of the world. It's not altruism, it's understanding that we really are all connected. We're not isolated. We are the world. And understanding this is the basis of hope for the world."
As Baker noted, "she remains one of Hollywood's most visible activists, lending her name, time and presence to many political, cultural and health organizations." She was an early supporter of AIDS activism, particularly working with ACT UP. In 1984 she went to Nicaragua on behalf of MADRE, an organization which provides aid to war victims there and in El Salvador. She has been a longtime supporter of women's reproductive rights and the Equal Rights Amendment, as evidenced by her participation at numerous marches, rallies, and a stint as a guest columnist for USA Today on April 10, 1989. She has worked on issues facing the homeless and mentally ill. She also works closely with the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Throughout the years she has continued to oppose violence, supporting efforts towards nuclear disarmament. She was publicly opposed to the Persian Gulf war, which many others viewed as a risky professional stance. Her anti-violence work stems from her desire to teach her children that violence is an inappropriate way to accomplish goals. When Claudia Dreifus asked Sarandon about the impact on her career, in The Progressive, Sarandon replied "whenever anybody asks me that, I always say 'It's a little like worrying whether your slip is showing while you flee a burning building.' I don't know. I can't dwell on it. Maybe it has. Maybe being outspoken can cost you work. It's a very subjective business."
Where possible Sarandon has incorporated the issues into her work. In 1984 she narrated Talking Nicaragua, a documentary discussing U.S. involvement with Nicaragua. She has produced Public Service Announcements on the First Amendment. In 1995 she participated in the film, The Celluloid Closet, which discussed Hollywood's treatment of gays and lesbians in the movies. In 1995 she narrated two documentaries, Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press and School of Assassins a one hour documentary on the School of the Americas.
Since 1988 she has participated in many of these activities with her partner, actor/writer/director Tim Robbins. She and Robbins became involved following their work together in Bull Durham. Later, the pair had two children, Jack Henry and Miles. Both share a commitment to activism, perhaps best illustrated in their 1996 film Dead Man Walking. Sarandon persuaded Robbins to write and direct the film, based on the true story of Sister Helen Prejean. The film is a commentary on the use of capital punishment. Sarandon won an Academy Award for Best Actress for this role, and continues to work on this issue with the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
Sarandon once told Nancy Mills in an interview for the Los Angeles Times, "I may not have control over whether my films are good or bad, but I certainly can turn down those with excessive violence, those that link sex and violence or those that propagate certain cliches about women. I think you can make a difference if you bring your own values to your work."
Feminism, Sarandon and Film
In an interview with Claudia Dreifus, for New Woman Sarandon noted, "People just don't know how to write stories about women. If you're an actress who cares about playing characters with some dimension, finding scripts is a problem." As Sarandon has moved into more starring roles she has had the opportunity to select roles which reflect the diversity of women's experiences. In addition to the parts noted above, she has played a journalist, Compromising Positions and Bob Roberts; prisoner of war, Women of Valor; medical researcher, The Hunger; fortuneteller, King of the Gypsies; music teacher, The Witches of Eastwick; college professor, Bull Durham; waitress, White Palace and Thelma & Louise; attorney, The Client; linguist, Lorenzo's Oil; mother, Little Women and Safe Passage; and a wife, Sweet Hearts Dance.
Vincent Canby, in a New York Times piece suggested Sarandon was an example of the new breed of "women's" movies. "These women are active forces in the environments that contain them. They aren't passive little creatures who accept their fates without question. They play roles more often associated by movies with men. They do things." This seemed evident in Thelma & Louise. At the time of its release the movie sparked a national debate over violence, women, and feminism. Some saw the film as a feminist manifesto, others claimed the film gloried male-bashing, and still others saw the film somewhere between these extremes. Sarandon noted in an on-line interview she "was surprised that the film struck such a primal nerve. I knew when we were filming that it would be different, unusual and hopefully entertaining. But shocking? I guess giving women the option of violence was hard for a lot of people to accept."
Sarandon clearly connects with the roles she has chosen. As she told Nina Darnton, of the New York Times, "There are really two kinds of actresses. Either you play essentially the same part over and over, playing whatever it is that endears you to the public as an actress, or you lose yourself in the character and let the character dictate the part. It's easier to be a star the first way. But it's also easier to become a caricature of yourself. To me, the whole point of acting is to experiment and learn-it's like living hundreds of lives in one lifetime."
Further Reading
American Film, May, 1991.
Chicago Tribune, June 14, 1987.
Editor & Publisher, November 12, 1994.
Los Angeles Times, June 21, 1988.
Mother Jones, February, 1989.
Ms., January/February, 1996.
National Catholic Reporter, May 3, 1996.
New York Times, January 14, 1983; September 1, 1985; November 10, 1985.
New Woman, September, 1988.
Progressive, October, 1989.
Washington Post, April 20, 1981.
"Chris Baker's Susan Sarandon Site, " http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills (March 30, 1998).
Gerosa, Melina, "A Woman of Substance, " Ladies Home Journal,http://lhj.com (March 30, 1998).
Glickman, Simon, "Susan Sarandon, " Contemporary Newsmakers,http://galenet.gale.com (March 24, 1998).
Internet Movie Database, "Biographical Information for Susan Sarandon, " http://us.imdb.com (March 30, 1998).
"Susan Sarandon Fact Sheet, " E! Online,http://e1.eonline.com (March 30, 1998).
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"Do you really have to be the ice queen intellectual or the slut whore? Isn't there some way to be both?"
"I believe in using words, not fists... I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex."
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Biography
Simply by growing old gracefully, actress Susan Sarandon has defied the rules of Hollywood stardom: Not only has her fame continued to increase as she enters middle age, but the quality of her films and her performances in them has improved as well. Ultimately, she has come to embody an all-too-rare movie type -- the strong and sexy older woman. Born Susan Tomaling on October 4, 1946, in New York City, she was the oldest of nine children. Even while attending the Catholic University of America, she did not study acting, and in fact expressed no interest in performing until after marrying actor Chris Sarandon. While accompanying her husband on an audition, Sarandon landed a pivotal role in the controversial 1970 feature Joe, and suddenly her own career as an actress was well underway. She soon became a regular on the daytime soap opera A World Apart and in 1972 appeared in the feature Mortadella.Lovin' Molly and The Front Page followed in 1974 before Sarandon earned cult immortality as Janet Weiss in 1975's camp classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the quintessential midnight movie of its era. After starring with Robert Redford in 1975's The Great Waldo Pepper, Sarandon struggled during the mid-'70s in a number of little-seen projects, including 1976's The Great Smokey Roadblock and 1978's Checkered Flag or Crash. Upon beginning a relationship with the famed filmmaker Louis Malle, however, her career took a turn for the better as she starred in the provocative Pretty Baby, portraying the prostitute mother of a 12-year-old Brooke Shields. Sarandon and Malle next teamed for 1980's superb Atlantic City, for which she earned her first Oscar nomination. After appearing in Paul Mazursky's Tempest, she then starred in Tony Scott's controversial 1983 horror film The Hunger, playing a scientist seduced by a vampire portrayed by Catherine Deneuve. The black comedy Compromising Positions followed in 1985, as did the TV miniseries Mussolini and I. Women of Valor, another mini, premiered a year later.
While Sarandon had enjoyed a prolific career virtually from the outset, stardom remained just beyond her grasp prior to the mid-'80s. First, a prominent appearance with Jack Nicholson, Cher, and Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1986 hit The Witches of Eastwick brought her considerable attention, and then in 1988 she delivered a breakthrough performance in Ron Shelton's hit baseball comedy Bull Durham, which finally made her a star, at the age of 40. More important, the film teamed her with co-star Tim Robbins, with whom she soon began a long-term offscreen relationship. After a starring role in the 1989 apartheid drama A Dry White Season, Sarandon teamed with Geena Davis for Thelma and Louise, a much-discussed distaff road movie which became among the year's biggest hits and won both actresses Oscar nominations. Sarandon was again nominated for 1992's Lorenzo's Oil and 1994's The Client before finally winning her first Academy Award for 1995's Dead Man Walking, a gut-wrenching examination of the death penalty, adapted and directed by Robbins. Now a fully established star, Sarandon had her choice of projects; she decided to lend her voice to Tim Burton's animated James and the Giant Peach (1996). Two years later, she was more visible with starring roles in the thriller Twilight (starring opposite Paul Newman and Gene Hackman) and Stepmom, a weepie co-starring Julia Roberts. The same year, she had a supporting role in the John Turturro film Illuminata.
Sarandon continued to stay busy in 1999, starring in Anywhere But Here, which featured her as Natalie Portman's mother, and Cradle Will Rock, Robbins' first directorial effort since Dead Man Walking. On television, Sarandon starred with Stephen Dorff in an adaptation of Anne Tyler's Earthly Possessions, and showed a keen sense of humor in her various appearances on SNL, Chappelle's Show, and Malcolm in the Middle. After starring alongside Goldie Hawn in The Banger Sisters, Sarandon could be seen in a variety of projects including Alfie (2004}, Romance and Cigarettes (2005), and Elizabethtown (2006). In 2007, Sarandon joined Rachel Weisz and Mark Wahlberg in The Lovely Bones, director Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel of the same name. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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| Born | Susan Abigail Tomalin October 4, 1946 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse | Chris Sarandon (1967–1979) |
| Partner | Tim Robbins (1988–2009) |
| Children | 3 |
Susan Sarandon (born Susan Abigail Tomalin;[1] October 4, 1946) is an American actress. She has worked in movies and television since 1969, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four films before that and has received other recognition for her work. She is also noted for her social and political activism for a variety of liberal causes.
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Early life
Sarandon was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York City to a Roman Catholic family.[2] She is the eldest of nine children of Lenora Marie (née Criscione) and Phillip Leslie Tomalin, who worked as an advertising executive, television producer, and nightclub singer during the big band era.[2][3][4] Her father was of English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry, his English ancestors being from Hackney in London. On her mother's side, she is of Italian descent, with ancestors from the regions of Tuscany and Sicily.[2][5][6] Sarandon attended Roman Catholic schools.[citation needed] She grew up in Edison, New Jersey,[7][8] where she graduated from Edison High School in 1964.[9][10] She then attended The Catholic University of America, from 1964 to 1968,[11] where she began dating actor Chris Sarandon whom she married in 1967.
Career
In 1969, Sarandon went to a casting call for the motion picture Joe, with her then-husband Chris Sarandon. Although he did not get a part, she was cast in a major role of a disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld.[clarification needed] (The film was released in 1970). Between the years 1970 and 1972, Sarandon played Patrice Kahlman on the short-lived soap opera A World Apart, and on Search for Tomorrow, in the role of Sarah Fairbanks. She appeared in Fleur bleue (The Apprentice) (1971) and also appeared in Lady Liberty (1971), by Mario Monicelli, opposite Sophia Loren.
In 1974, Sarandon co-starred in The Front Page with the comedy duo Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and Lovin' Molly with Anthony Perkins. She appeared in the cult favorite musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). That same year, she starred in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. In 1978, Sarandon played the mother of a child prostitute, who was played by Brooke Shields, in Pretty Baby.
Sarandon played one of the leads in the 1987 dark comedy/fantasy film The Witches of Eastwick, opposite Jack Nicholson. Sarandon starred in the 1988 film Bull Durham, which became a huge commercial and critical success. In 1989, she co-starred with Marlon Brando in A Dry White Season. In 1990 she starred in the film White Palace with James Spader.
Sarandon has received five Academy Award nominations, for best actress, in Atlantic City (1980), Thelma & Louise (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and The Client (1994). In 1995, she won the award for her performance in Dead Man Walking.[citation needed].
In 1994, Sarandon was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award.[12]
Additional performances in film include Little Women (1994, Compromising Positions, Stepmom (1998), Anywhere but Here (1999), Cradle Will Rock (1999), The Banger Sisters (2002), Shall We Dance (2004), Alfie (2004), Romance & Cigarettes (2005), Elizabethtown (2005) and Enchanted (2007).
Sarandon has appeared in two episodes of The Simpsons, once as herself ("Bart Has Two Mommies") and another as a ballet teacher, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma". She has made appearances on comedies such as Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad TV, Saturday Night Live, Chappelle's Show, 30 Rock, and Rescue Me.[citation needed]
Sarandon has contributed the narration to some two dozen documentary films, many of which dealt with social and political issues;[citation needed] in addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, Independent Lens. In 1999-2000, she hosted and presented Mythos, a series of lectures by the late American mythology professor Joseph Campbell.[13] Sarandon also participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICFF, a local New York City Film Festival that is dedicated to screening films made for children between the ages of 3 and 18.[14]
Sarandon joined the cast of the adaptation of The Lovely Bones, opposite Rachel Weisz, and appeared with her daughter, Eva Amurri, in Middle of Nowhere; both of the films were filmed in 2007.[15][16]
In June 2010, Sarandon joined the cast of the new HBO pilot episode The Miraculous Year. She will play[when?] the role of Patty Atwood, a Broadway director/choreographer.[17]
In 2012, Sarandon's audiobook performance of Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding was released at Audible.com.[18]
Personal life
In 1964, Sarandon began dating actor Chris Sarandon while both were in college, and the couple married on September 16, 1967.[19] Following their separation in 1978, Sarandon gave an interview to Cosmopolitan magazine, in which she stated "I no longer believe in marriage."[20] They divorced in 1979 and she retained Sarandon as her stage name.[21]
In the late 1970s, Sarandon had a two-year relationship with director Louis Malle, who directed her in Pretty Baby and Atlantic City.[19]
In the mid-1980s, Sarandon dated Italian filmmaker Franco Amurri, with whom she had a daughter on March 15, 1985, actress Eva Amurri.[21]
From 1988 to 2009, Sarandon was in a relationship with actor Tim Robbins, whom she met while they were filming Bull Durham. They have two sons — Jack Henry (born 1989) and Miles Guthrie (born 1992).[21][22]
In 2006, Sarandon and ten of her relatives (including her then-partner Tim Robbins and her son Miles) travelled to Wales to trace her family's Welsh genealogy. Their journey was documented by the BBC Wales programme, Coming Home: Susan Sarandon.[6] Much of the same research and content was also featured in the American version of Who Do You Think You Are?. In 2006, she also received the "Ragusani nel mondo" prize, since she had recently discovered her Sicilian roots, in Ragusa, Italy.[23]
Sarandon is the co-owner of New York table tennis club SPiN.[24][25]
Activism
Sarandon is noted for her active support of progressive and left-liberal political causes, ranging from donations made to organizations such as EMILY's List,[26] to participating in a 1983 delegation to Nicaragua sponsored by MADRE, an organization that promotes "social, environmental and economic justice."[27] Sarandon has also expressed support for various human rights causes that are similar philosophically to ideas found among the Christian left.[28]
In 1995, Sarandon was one of many Hollywood actors, directors and writers who were interviewed for the documentary The Celluloid Closet, which looked at how Hollywood films have depicted homosexuality. In 1999, she was appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In that capacity, she has actively supported the organization's global advocacy, as well as the work of the Canadian UNICEF Committee.
During the 2000 election, Sarandon supported Ralph Nader's run for President, serving as a co-chair of the National Steering Committee of Nader 2000.[29]
During the 2004 election campaign, she withheld support for Nader's bid, being among several "Nader 2000 Leaders" who signed a petition that urged voters to vote for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry.[30] After the 2004 election, Sarandon called for US elections to be monitored by international entities.[31]
Sarandon and Robbins both took an early stance against the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with Sarandon stating that she was firmly against the concept of the war as a pre-emptive strike.[32] Prior to a 2003 protest sponsored by the United for Peace and Justice coalition, she said that many Americans "do not want to risk their children or the children of Iraq".[33] Sarandon was one of the first to appear in a series of political ads sponsored by TrueMajority, an organization established by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream founder Ben Cohen.[34][35] Also in 2003, Sarandon appeared in a "Love is Love is Love" commercial, which promoted the acceptance of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.
In 2004, Sarandon served on the advisory committee for the group 2004 Racism Watch.[36] She hosted a section of the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2005. In 2006, she was one of eight women selected to carry in the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, in Turin, Italy.
Along with anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, Sarandon took part in a 2006 Mother's Day protest, which was sponsored by Code Pink;[37] she has expressed interest in portraying Sheehan in a film.[38] In January 2007, she appeared with Robbins and Jane Fonda at an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. in support of a Congressional measure to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq.[39]
In the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Sarandon and Tim Robbins campaigned[40] for John Edwards in the New Hampshire communities of Hampton,[41] Bedford and Dover.[42] When asked at We Vote '08 Kickoff Party "What would Jesus do this primary season", Sarandon said, "I think Jesus would be very supportive of John Edwards."[43]
On March 12, 2011, Sarandon spoke before a crowd in Madison, Wisconsin during a protest of Governor Scott Walker and his "Budget Repair Bill".[44]
On September 27, 2011, Sarandon spoke to reporters and other interested parties at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.[45][46]
After using the term "Nazi" in describing Pope Benedict XVI on October 15, 2011, she drew umbrage not only from Roman Catholic authorities,[47] but also the Anti-Defamation League, which called on Sarandon to apologize.[48]
Recognition
In 2006, Sarandon received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award.[49] She was honored for her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, an advocate for victims of hunger and HIV/AIDS and a spokesperson for Heifer International.
In 2010, Sarandon was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.[50]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970– 1971 |
A World Apart | Patrice Kahlman | |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Joyce | 1 episode |
| 1972 | Search for Tomorrow | Sarah Fairbanks | unknown episodes |
| 1974 | F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' | Ailie Calhoun | television film |
| 1974 | The Satan Murders | Kate | television film |
| 1974 | June Moon | Eileen | television film |
| 1974 | The Rimers of Eldritch | Pasty Johnson | television film |
| 1975 | The Haunting of Rosalind | television film | |
| 1981 | Fridays | Herself | TV show. Special guest star |
| 1982 | Who Am I This Time? | Helene Shaw | television film |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Natalie | TV mini-series |
| 1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Beauty | 1 episode Beauty And The Beast |
| 1985 | A.D | Livilla | TV mini-series |
| 1985 | Mussolini and I | Edda Mussolini Ciano | television film |
| 1986 | Women of Valor | Col. Margaret Ann Jessup | television film |
| 1994 | All Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Bitsy | |
| 1995 | The Simpsons | Ballet Teacher | 1 episode |
| 1999 | Earthly Possessions | Charlotte Emory | television film |
| 2001 | Friends | Cecilia Monroe/Jessica Lockhart | Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series |
| 2001 | Cool Women In History | The Host | Season 1 Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series |
| 2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Meg | Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series |
| 2003 | Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole | Dr. Jerri Nielsen | television film |
| 2003 | Frank Herbert's Children of Dune | Princess Wensicia | TV miniseries |
| 2004 | Chappelle's Show | herself | Season 3 |
| 2004 | Troy: The Passion of Helen | The Host | |
| 2005 | The Exonerated | Sunny Jacobs | television film |
| 2005 | Mad TV | 2 episodes | |
| 2006– 2007 |
Rescue Me | Alicia | |
| 2007 | Bernard and Doris | Doris Duke | television film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2009 | Saturday Night Live | Mother of Andy Samberg's character | SNL Digital Short - Motherlover |
| 2009 | ER | Nora | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are?[51] | herself | 1 episode |
| 2010 | You Don't Know Jack | Janet Good | television film Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2010 | Chelsea Lately | Herself | Appeared 7/20/2010 |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Mrs. Joe Kent | Uncredited voice role, 10/27/2010 |
| 2011-2012 | 30 Rock | Lynn Onkman | 2 Episodes Queen of Jordan , Alexis Goodlooking and the Case of the Missing Whisky |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live | Mother of Andy Samberg's character | SNL Digital Short - 3-Way (The Golden Rule) |
| 2012 | The Big C | Joy the Joyologist | Season 3, Episode 3, 4, and 5 |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | When the Mountains Tremble | ||
| 1990 | Through the Wire | narrator | |
| 1993 | Wildnerness: The Last Stand | narrator | |
| 1994 | School of the Americas Assassins | narrator | |
| 1995 | The Celluloid Closet | ||
| 1996 | Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press | narrator | |
| 1997 | The Need to Know | narrator | |
| 1997 | Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins | narrator | |
| 1997 | 187: Documented | narrator | |
| 1999 | For Love of Julian | narrator | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me Company | ||
| 2000 | Iditarod: A Far Distant Place | narrator | |
| 2000 | Mythos | narrator | |
| 2000 | This Is What Democracy Looks Like | narrator | |
| 2000 | Dying to be Thin | narrator | |
| 2001 | Uphill All the Way | narrator | |
| 2001 | 900 Women | narrator | |
| 2001 | The Shaman's Apprentice | narrator | |
| 2001 | Rudyland | narrator | |
| 2001 | Islamabad: Rock City | narrator | |
| 2001 | Ghosts of Attica | narrator | |
| 2001 | Last Party 2000 | ||
| 2002 | The Next Industrial Revolution | narrator | |
| 2002 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | narrator | |
| 2003 | XXI Century | ||
| 2003 | The Nazi Officer's Wife | narrator | |
| 2003 | Burma: Anatomy of Terror | narrator | |
| 2003 | Journey of the Heart: The Life of Henri Nouwen | narrator | |
| 2004 | Fragile Hopes from the Killing Fields | narrator | |
| 2005 | A Whale in Montana | narrator | |
| 2005 | On the Line: Dissent in an Age of Terrorism | ||
| 2006 | Secrets of the Code | narrator | |
| 2006 | Christa McAuliffe: Reach for the Stars | narrator | |
| 2006 | Home | herself | |
| 2007 | This Child of Mine | narrator | |
| 2007 | World Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | ||
| 2007 | Coming Home | Herself | |
| 2009 | PoliWood | Herself | |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Herself |
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- ^ Sarandon's daughter, Eva Amurri, stated this during her appearance on the December 10, 2009, episode of the E! talk show Chelsea Lately.
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- ^ "2004 Racism Watch Calls On Bush-Cheney Campaign to Change or Pull Offensive Ad". Common Dreams. http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0331-04.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
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