Susan Batson
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Susan Batson is an American producer, actress, author, acting coach, and a life member of the Actors Studio.[1] Batson graduated from Girls Latin School[2] and Emerson College.[3]
One of three sisters born to John Batson and Ruth (Watson) Batson (the latter a noted civil rights activist), Susan trained with Harold Clurman, Uta Hagen, Herbert Berghof at HB Studio,[4] and Lee Strasberg. She has coached notable actresses including Academy Award (Oscar)-winning actresses Nicole Kidman and Juliette Binoche.[5][6]
Batson won the 1971 Obie Award for[6] her performance in AC-DC.[3] On Broadway, she performed in George M! (1968) and The Leaf People (1975), and produced the 2006 production of A Raisin in the Sun.[7] Her work in Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for her.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | WUSA | Teenage Girl | |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Sabrina | |
| 1978 | House Calls | Shirley | |
| 1982 | Love Child | Brenda | 1985-Stone Pillow-
Ruby |
| 1993 | Quand Fred rit | Short film | |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | Acting coach | |
| Get on the Bus | Dr. Cook | ||
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Bed Stuy Woman Interviewed | |
| 2000 | Bamboozled | Orchid Dothan | |
| 2005 | Everyone's Depressed | Annette | Short film |
| 2006 | Running Out of Time in Hollywood |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The New People | Elisa Rhodes | Episode: "Comes the Revolution, We Use the Girls' Shower" |
| Gunsmoke | Sister Blanche | Episode: "The Sisters" | |
| Gidget Grows Up | Diana Otessa | TV movie | |
| 1971 | The Interns | Hollie | Episode: "The Choice" |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Clerk | Episode: "Good Cop" |
| All's Fair | Waitress | Episode: "The Gang Leader" | |
| 1977 | Police Story | Baby Rose | Episode: "Trial Board" |
| The Incredible Hulk | Mrs. Maier | Episode: "The Incredible Hulk" | |
| 1976–77 | Good Times | Waitress / Barmaid / Clerk | 3 episodes |
| 1978 | A Question of Love | Mavis | TV movie |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Episode: "Palmerstown, U.S.A." | |
| 1985 | Stone Pillow | Ruby | TV movie |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Mavis | Episode: "A Death in the Family" |
| 2003 | Made | Herself | Episode: "Angie Is Made Into an Actress" |
| 2017 | America's Next Top Model | Herself | Episode: "And Action!" |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David Garfield (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of the Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of the Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 277. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kelly, Kevin (January 16, 1973). "Susan Batson relives her part in 'Creation of the World'". The Boston Globe. p. 30. Retrieved January 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kelly, Kevin (January 12, 1973). "Susan Batson tells her 'horror story'". The Boston Globe. p. 38. Retrieved January 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Alumni". HB Studio. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Batson, Susan (2013). Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters. ISBN 978-0-615-90490-0. OCLC 942705299.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OBIE Awards website". American Theatre Wing and Village Voice. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Susan Batson profile". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
External links
- Susan Batson at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Susan Batson at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection
- NPR Interview on All Things Considered
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