Susan Sarandon

Sarandon and Robbins are also noted for their involvement in liberal political causes. She is not to be confused with Welcome Back, Kotter actress Marcia Strassman, with whom she shares a close resemblance. Sarandon has three children: actress Eva Amurri (born 1985) by Franco Amurri; and John Henry (born 1989) and Miles (born 1992) by Robbins. Now retired from show business, Jan currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her recent movies include Stepmom (1998), Anywhere But Here (1999), Cradle Will Rock (1999) (portraying Mussolini's mistress), and The Banger Sisters (2002). From 1987 through 1995 she was married to actor James Brolin. Sarandon received four Academy Award nominations in the 1990s, finally winning in 1996 for Dead Man Walking. This scar cost her some roles, and according to Jan, made her feel insecure about her looks.

It was while filming that movie that she met actor Tim Robbins, with whom she established a relationship that continues to this day (as of 2004). The impact smashed her face into the steering wheel, causing the injury. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1980 for Atlantic City, but was still not a "household name" until the 1988 film Bull Durham. To avoid another car that ran a stop sign, Jan swerved and hit a telephone pole. That same year, she also played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. Smithers was involved in a car accident which left a permanent scar on her chin. She did not follow up on the success of that movie, taking roles in lesser films such as Lovin' Molly; it was five more years before she appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult classic. As a teen, Ms.

In 1970 she went to a cattle call for the film Joe with Chris and, although he did not get a part, Susan received the major role of the disaffected teen who disappears into the seedy underworld. As a result of that exposure, she landed some commercial modeling work while pursuing her studies at the California Institute of the Arts. Born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York, New York, she attended The Catholic University of America in 1964, where she met and married fellow student Chris Sarandon, whom she would divorce fifteen years later while still retaining her married name as her stage name. She first reached the public eye as a teenager, when she was featured on the cover of a 1966 issue of Newsweek, seated on a motorcycle. Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award winning American actress. She played the character "Bailey Quarters" on the popular television series WKRP in Cincinnati. 1982 Nominated Atlantic City. Smithers grew up in Woodland Hills, California.

1992 Nominated Thelma and Louise. Jan Smithers (born Karin Jan Smithers on 3 July 1949) is an American television and film actress. 1993 Nominated Lorenzo's Oil. 1995 Nominated The Client. 1996 Won Dead Man Walking.