Susan Sarandon ActressActivist Author:Marc Shapiro Highly admired by both women and men, Susan Sarandon is anything but the typical Hollywood actress. In addition to her stellar film career, she has a list of passions--and a good many of them are political and social. This is the first and only biography of Sarandon that highlights the real peson behind the screen image, exploring her idealism... more », values, and combative spirit in the service of higher goals, while also celebrating her stunning career as an actress. Sarandon's creative and political passions have often meshed. So motivated is Sarandon by her convictions that she often chooses movie roles to reflect larger issues. Her opposition to the death penalty culminated in her Academy Award-winning performance in "Dead Man Walking." From Nicaragua to nuclear waste; from voter registration to the Equal Rights Amendment; from ACT UP to Meals on Wheels and flood relief--Susan Sarandon is there. She has proved time and again that she is always ready to speak out and act up whenever she believes it will do some good. Renowned celebrity biographer Marc Shapiro traces Sarandon's life from her Catholic upbringing in suburbia and her early days of protest for civil rights and against the Vietnam War to her more recent involvement with women's and children's rights in Nicaragua, and the unforgettable disruption of the Academy Awards ceremony to protest the internment of Haitians with HIV, among many other projects. Shapiro also discusses her career successes through her high-profile, groundbreaking roles in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Pretty Baby," "Atlantic City," "Thelma & Louise," and "Dead Man Walking," as well as her unconventional relationships with directors Louis Malle and Franco Amurri, and actor/director Tim Robbins. No ordinary biography, SUSAN SARANDON is a captivating page-turner about a sexy, alluring, and passionately committed actress who has broken every conventional rule and survived to become one of Hollywood's outstanding stars.« less