| Susan Batson | |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Years Active: | 1965–present |
| Alma Mater: | Emerson College |
Susan Batson (born February 27, 1943, in Roxbury, Massachusetts) 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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | WUSA | Teenage Girl | ||
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Sabrina | ||
| 1978 | House Calls | Shirley | ||
| 1982 | Love Child | Brenda | ||
| 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 |
| 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!" |