As the 1970's continued Susan would continue to make movies. She was with Robert Redford in "The Great Waldo Pepper". A turning point for her was the part she played in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". This flop of a movie was destined to become a cult classic with late night screenings all over America and a following similar to the rock group "The Greatful Dead". Sarandon's role made her a bonefide American Sex Symbol.

Her husband Chris in the meantime scored an academy award nomination for playing the transgender wife of Al Pacino in "Dog Day Afternoon". However, that would be the highlight of his acting career. Susan and he would divorce in 1979, and she would go on to become an iconic American actress.

She has had parts in countless movies. Some of the more well known ones are, "Pretty Baby", "The Witches of Eastwick", "Bull Durham", "Thelma and Louise", "The Client" and "Dead Man Walking", where she won her ACADEMY AWARD. She has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards for Best Actress and won one. She has been nominated for 6 golden globe awards, and she has won a Screen Actor's Guild Award, a National Board of Review Award, a National Society of Film Critics Award, and a Genie Award. In television she has been nominated three times for the coveted Emmy Awards.

As she has continued to act she has had a timeless presence on the screen and now at the age of 63 she continues to land jobs and dazzle audiences.

Susan Sarandon