It was shortly after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention. Two graduates of Catholic University in Washington DC, went to the audition in New York for
Joe. Chris Sarandon, who had studied to be an actor, was passed over. His wife Susan got a major role...See full bio »
2009The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television & Presenter: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
I really respect filmmakers who manage to have lives, do the films the way they want to do them, have a sense of irony and humor about themselves and aren't crippled by the terrible things this business does to you, and how it breaks your heart when films are not released properly.
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Trivia:
In 1916, her grandfather Giuseppe Criscione emigrated to the USA from Ragusa, Sicily, where he was born in 1901. Now she is honorary citizen of Ragusa and the city gave her the "Ragusani nel Mondo" award.
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Trademark:
Her early roles were frequently as vulnerable, victimized young women, later roles often as iron-willed, often sensuous women
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