Sublime Star: Susan Sarandon Trivia Quiz

Answer: Joe

"Joe" (1970) was a controversial movie, with a shocking and violent ending. The film starred Peter Boyle and Dennis Patrick. Susan was a graduate of the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., with a degree in drama. The only thing these films have in common is they were all released in 1970.

Answer: Chris Sarandon

Hope you got that one right! Chris and Susan were married from 1967 to 1979. The couple worked together just once, in a television movie called "The Satan Murders" in 1974. Chris Sarandon played bank robber Al Pacino's lover Leon in "Dog Day Afternoon". Susan was born Susan Abigail Tomalin, and she kept her husband's name after their divorce. The other three actors mentioned all appeared in "Dog Day Afternoon".

Answer: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

"Rocky Horror" was considered a flop when it was first released. Critics didn't care much for it and it played to sparse audiences until studio executives tried the film at midnight showings. People began to show up in costume, carrying props and interacting with the actors on screen.

The film has been playing continuously ever since, making it the longest-running film in history. Along with Sarandon, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" featured Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien and Meat Loaf.

Answer: Atlantic City

"Atlantic City" (1980) was the story of an aging small-time numbers runner and a young woman whose ambition was to work as a croupier in an Atlantic City casino. Susan's character worked in an oyster bar, and would come home smelling of fish. In a famous scene, she used lemons to get the smell off. "Atlantic City" was nominated for Best Picture, but lost out to "Chariots of Fire" (1981). Lancaster and Sarandon both received Best Acting nominations, but sentimental favorites Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn took home the gold statue for the 1980 film "On Golden Pond". All the films mentioned feature Burt Lancaster.

Answer: Tim Robbins

Susan and Tim Robbins got together during "Bull Durham". Although they never married, they were one of Hollywood's longer-lasting couples, together until 2009. They have two sons, Miles and John Henry Robbins. Robbins has had a remarkable career of his own.

He starred in the unforgettable film "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), and won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in the 2003 film "Mystic River". Said critic Roger Ebert of Susan's performance in "Bull Durham", "I don't know who else they could have hired to play Annie Savoy". (Quote is from rogerebert.com) She was perfect.

She took a part that might have been sleazy in other hands, and made it wonderful. This was the film that made Susan Sarandon a big star.

Answer: False

She played Louise Elizabeth Sawyer in this terrific movie. Geena Davis played Thelma, and Michael Madson, Harvey Keitel and Christopher McDonald rounded out the cast. Both Sarandon and Davis were nominated for 1990's Best Actress Oscar for the film, but it was said they "cancelled each other out", and Jodie Foster won for "Silence of the Lambs".
Susan was also nominated for an Oscar for "Lorenzo's Oil" in 1992, and for her performance the 1994 film adaptation of a John Grisham book, "The Client".

Answer: Haitian refugees with AIDS

Susan and Tim Robbins spoke for all of 26 seconds, but it was enough to get them banned from Oscar broadcasts for a time. The Oscar program's producer, Gil Cates, was furious with the couple. Susan has been nominated since then and was there to pick up her Oscar in 1996.
The U.S. government had interned a few hundred Haitians with AIDS at the military base in Guantanamo Bay. This was before the war in Iraq and the interning of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo.

Answer: True

Eva Amurri was born in 1985 from Susan's relationship with director Franco Amurri. Eva has worked with her mother on several projects. These include "The Banger Sisters"(2002)), "Dead Man Walking"(1995) and "Middle of Nowhere"(2008).

Answer: False

Actually she is the oldest of nine children. Her father is of Welsh descent and her mother is Italian. She was born in 1946, which makes her over sixty. She's still considered one of the most beautiful actresses in films by men and women both.

Answer: Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins was Oscar-nominated for his direction of the film. Sean Penn co-starred, in an amazing performance as a repugnant character. Playing the part of a nun was a departure for Sarandon, and she played it beautifully. The film was based on a book written by Sister Helen Prejean, the screenplay was written by Tim Robbins. The film didn't take sides on the issue of state-ordered executions, in spite of Robbins' well-known opposition to the death penalty.