Susan Batson is an American producer, actress, author, acting coach, and a life member of the Actors Studio. Batson graduated from Girls Latin School and Emerson College.
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, and Lee Strasberg. She has coached notable actresses, including Academy Award (Oscar)-winning actresses Nicole Kidman and Juliette Binoche.
Batson won the 1971 Obie Award for her performance in AC-DC. On Broadway, she performed in George M! (1968) and The Leaf People (1975), and produced the 2006 production of A Raisin in the Sun. Her work in Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for her.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes1970WUSATeenage Girl1977The ChoirboysSabrina1978House CallsShirley1982Love ChildBrenda1985-Stone Pillow- Ruby1993Quand Fred ritShort film1996Girl 6Acting coachGet on the BusDr. Cook1999Summer of SamBed Stuy Woman Interviewed2000BamboozledOrchid Dothan2005Everyone's DepressedAnnetteShort film2006Running Out of Time in Hollywood
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1969The New PeopleElisa RhodesEpisode: "Comes the Revolution, We Use the Girls' Shower"GunsmokeSister BlancheEpisode: "The Sisters"Gidget Grows UpDiana OtessaTV movie1971The InternsHollieEpisode: "The Choice"1976DelvecchioClerkEpisode: "Good Cop"All's FairWaitressEpisode: "The Gang Leader"1977Police StoryBaby RoseEpisode: "Trial Board"The Incredible HulkMrs. MaierEpisode: "The Incredible Hulk"1976–77Good TimesWaitress / Barmaid / Clerk3 episodes1978A Question of LoveMavisTV movie1980Palmerstown, U.S.A.Episode: "Palmerstown, U.S.A."1985Stone PillowRubyTV movie1991Law & OrderMavisEpisode: "A Death in the Family"2003MadeHerselfEpisode: "Angie Is Made Into an Actress"2017America's Next Top ModelHerselfEpisode: "And Action!"
References
External links
Susan Batson at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection NPR Interview on All Things Considered