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Sarandon in 2010, photo by PR Photos
Birth Name: Susan Abigail Tomalin
Place of Birth: Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 4, 1946
Ethnicity: * father – English, one quarter German, one quarter Irish, smaller amount of Welsh * mother – Italian, including Sicilian
Susan Sarandon is an American actress and activist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking (1995). Her roles also include the films Joe (1970), The Great Waldo Pepper , The Rocky Horror Picture Show , The Other Side of Midnight , Pretty Baby , King of the Gypsies , Atlantic City , Loving Couples , Tempest (1982), The Hunger (1983), The Witches of Eastwick , Bull Durham , Sweet Hearts Dance , The January Man , A Dry White Season , White Palace , Thelma & Louise , Light Sleeper , Bob Roberts , Lonrezo’s Oil , The Client , Little Women (1994), Safe Passage , James and the Giant Peach , Twilight , Illuminata , Stepmom (1998), Cradle Will Rock , Anywhere but Here , Joe Gould’s Secret , Rugrats in Paris: The Movie , Cats & Dogs , Igby Goes Down , The Banger Sisters , Moonlight Mile , Shall We Dance , Alfie (2004), Elizabethtown , Irresistible , Mr. Woodcock , In the Valley of Elah , Enchanted (2007), Emotional Arithmetic , Speed Racer (2008), Middle of Nowhere , The Greatest (2009), Leaves of Grass , Solitary Man , The Lovely Bones , Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps , That’s My Boy (2012), Arbitrage , Cloud Atlas , The Company You Keep , Snitch (2013), The Big Wedding , Ping Pong Summer , The Calling (2014), The Meddler , Mothers and Daughters (2016), A Bad Moms Christmas , The Death & Life of John F. Donovan , Blackbird (2019), The Jesus Rolls , Blue Beetle , The Gutter (2024), The Fabulous Four , The Six Triple Eight , and Nonnas .
Susan is the daughter of Leonora Marie (Criscione) and Phillip Leslie Tomalin, who was an advertising executive, television producer, and nightclub singer. She has a daughter, actress Eva Amurri , with her former partner, Italian director Franco Amurri; and two children, including actor and musician Miles Robbins , with her former partner, actor, filmmaker, and activist Tim Robbins . Her surname is from her first marriage, to actor Chris Sarandon . The surname was originally Sarondonethes, of Greek origin.
Her father’s ancestry was one half English (with some Welsh), one quarter German, and one quarter Irish. Her mother is of Italian (including Sicilian) descent.
Susan’s paternal grandfather was William Arthur Tomalin III (the son of William Arthur Tomalin, Jr. and Susanna Beams). Susan’s grandfather William was born in New Jersey. Susan’s great-grandfather William was born in Hackney, London, Middlesex, England, the son of William Tomalin and Sarah Eyles. Susanna was born in Andover, Hampshire, England, the daughter of James Beams and Sophia Guyatt. The Tomalin family line originates in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Susan’s paternal grandmother was Alberta Agnes Boehner (the daughter of George Albert Boehner and Winfred Lavina Hanily). Alberta was born in New Jersey. George was born in Germany, the son of Joseph Boehner. Winfred was born in New Jersey, to Irish parents, Martin Hanily and Mary Noon.
Susan’s maternal grandfather was Giovanni/Giuseppe/Joseph Vincenzo/Vincent Criscione (the son of Angelo Criscione and Salvatria/Salvatrice Cicetra/Licitra). Giovanni was born in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy.
Susan’s maternal grandmother was Anita Evelyn/Evilyn Rigali (the daughter of Mansueto Rigali and Angelina Bonturi). Anita was born in New York, the daughter of Italian emigrants, from Coreglia, Province of Lucca, Tuscany. Mansueto was the son of Giovanni Egidio Giorgio Rigali and Teresa Bosi. Angelina was the daughter of Gaetano Bonturi and Zafira.
Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk https://mobile.twitter.com
Notes on Susan’s ancestry, by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, at The Huffington Post – http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Genealogies of Susan Sarandon – https://www.geni.com http://www.wikitree.com
Gravestones of Susan’s maternal great-grandparents, Angelo Criscione and Salvatria/Salvatrice Cicetra/Licitra – https://3.bp.blogspot.com