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| Born | November 23, 1942 New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Film, stage, television actress |
Susan Anspach (born November 23, 1939) is an American stage and motion-picture actress.
Anspach was born in New York City and was raised in Queens, New York. She graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City in 1960. Paul Simon was a neighbor. She then enrolled in the music department at the Catholic University of America. For her sophomore year she transferred to Father Gilbert Harte's respected drama department, where she impressed in the annual musical, "All Systems Are Go." She went on to star in several Broadway and off-Broadway shows, including as the female lead in the musical Hair and an Actors' Studio play with Al Pacino. She first came to prominence opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1970 film Five Easy Pieces. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called her "one of the most charming and talented actresses in America".
She is a critically acclaimed stage actress who starred off-Broadway in A View from the Bridge with Robert Duvall, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. In her film career, Susan Anspach starred in 19 features and eight TV movies and also was featured in two series, The Yellow Rose and The Slap Maxwell Story (opposite Dabney Coleman).
Filmography
- Five Easy Pieces 1970, opposite Jack Nicholson (the father of her son, Caleb Goddard)
- Play It Again, Sam 1972, opposite Woody Allen
- Blume in Love 1973, opposite George Segal and Kris Kristofferson
- The Big Fix 1978, co-starring with Richard Dreyfuss
- Running 1979, co-starring with Michael Douglas
- The Devil and Max Devlin 1981, opposite Bill Cosby and Elliot Gould
- Montenegro 1981, a foreign film in which she was a lead with Erland Josephson, Per Oscarson and other Swedish actors.
- Misunderstood 1984, with Gene Hackman
External links
- Susan Anspach at the Internet Movie Database
- Susan Anspach at the Internet Broadway Database
- Susan Anspach at Allmovie
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