Thelma Ritter

Her many film roles include:. Sarandon and Robbins are also noted for their involvement in liberal political causes. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. Sarandon has three children: actress Eva Amurri (born 1985) by Franco Amurri; and John Henry (born 1989) and Miles (born 1992) by Robbins. Thelma Ritter (February 14, 1905 - February 4, 1969) was an American character actress of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Her recent movies include Stepmom (1998), Anywhere But Here (1999), Cradle Will Rock (1999) (portraying Mussolini's mistress), and The Banger Sisters (2002). Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (uncredited). Sarandon received four Academy Award nominations in the 1990s, finally winning in 1996 for Dead Man Walking.

All About Eve (1950). 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). Titanic (1953). She was nominated for an Oscar in 1980 for Atlantic City, but was still not a "household name" until the 1988 film Bull Durham. Rear Window (1954). That same year, she also played the female lead in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. Daddy Long Legs (1955). 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.

Pillow Talk (1959). 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. The Misfits (1961). 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. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award winning American actress. How the West Was Won (1962). 1982 Nominated Atlantic City.

1992 Nominated Thelma and Louise. 1993 Nominated Lorenzo's Oil. 1995 Nominated The Client. 1996 Won Dead Man Walking.