![]() He passed away, but yes, he was gay, and we had a great relationship in every way. Philip Sayer (who also starred in “The Hunger”) – he was a wonderful actor. Just to clarify – you were in a romantic relationship with another actor who was gay? Well, I did at one point have a very successful and very loving and wonderful affair with a man who then wasn’t with another woman after me, and that worked out fine! I don’t think you had to declare yourself as rigidly as you do now in terms of having to declare yourself almost politically about your sexual preference. That makes sense, unless you’re having affairs with gay men. So, really, my friends I’ve had forever and ever and ever are gay men and women. I find the guys who don’t stick with you are the guys that you’ve had affairs with or marriages… or whatever! (Laughs) It’s very rare that those guys – once you’re not involved in a relationship, it’s hard to maintain those ties. And, honestly, the people who I made friends with in my early day in New York in the ’70s are still my friends. But sure, in college, of course if you’re in a theater department or in any of the arts, that’s just part of the landscape, so there wasn’t any delineation as I became an adult. Well, not in my high school I had 500 in my class. Would you say LGBT people felt like family then too? You grew up Catholic in Jackson Heights, a neighborhood in the northwestern end of the borough of Queens in New York City. Susan Sarandon speaks at a Heritage of Pride rally on Pier 26 in Tribeca as a kick off for Pride weekend in 2014. It’s just a natural, very easy extended family for me. ![]() My people, my family for all these years have always been my allies and have always been very, very important to me, very dear to me through the AIDS crisis and everything. (Laughs) Well, I hope so! I mean, I feel like an outsider myself. Once I joined this cult, I didn’t get out.”įree from “Feud” and any canned-answer pretense, Sarandon refreshingly freewheeled through revelatory discussions about her “up for grabs” sexual orientation, the gay actor she once romanced, and her impassioned response to critics (“to blame me is not productive”) who challenge her political convictions.īetween “Feud,” your film career and your LGBT activism, I’d say you have more than earned your queer cred. “I’m just getting back and acclimated,” she told me, dramatizing her experience shooting Murphy’s latest creation. Sarandon was fresh off the set of the FX series when she dished on “Feud,” and numerous other aspects of her storied life and career. The next step in being a gay icon, apparently, is playing one: Starring alongside fellow acting dynamo Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford, Sarandon portrays beloved Hollywood legend and “All About Eve” leading lady Bette Davis in Ryan Murphy’s “Feud: Bette and Joan,” premiering March 5. ![]() Later, in 1995, Sarandon appeared with many of her industry peers in the acclaimed documentary inspired by gay activist Vito Russo, “The Celluloid Closet,” which examined depictions of LGBT characters in Hollywood. Reinforcing Sarandon’s pro-queer stance is a breadth of bold, iconic and uninhibited film roles dating back to 1970: Sarandon had sex with her co-star, Catherine Deneuve, in a lesbian-favorited scene that steamed up 1983’s vamp flick “The Hunger” as Janet, she got her freak on in the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and then, in 1987, teamed up with Cher for “The Witches of Eastwick” to, presumably, offer fresh fodder to every late-’80s drag queen. She’s been a staunch supporter through the AIDS crisis and the fight for marriage equality – even in times when vocal Hollywood allies were scarce. After all, no matter where you stand on Sarandon’s divisive decision to vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein in the recent presidential election, we can all agree that the Oscar-winning actress has used her massive screen-icon prestige to aid in the advancement of LGBT rights. Please share this post with your friends and keep visit on this website for celebrities’ biography & fitness information.Maybe gay people are customarily compelled to thank Susan Sarandon for her longstanding advocacy, because that’s how I begin my frank, anything-goes conversation with the 70-year-old multi-hyphenate. Read the biography of Kirstie Alley and Eliza Dushku.ĭear Readers, We Shared About Actress Susan Sarandon Height, Weight, Measurements, Bra Size, Shoe, Biography Details. She was born a Roman Catholic and her Nationality is American. She is currently dating Jonathan Bricklin since 2010. Susan Sarandon had married Chris Sarandon in 1967 and they divorced in 1979. She attended Edison High School and completed a Bachelor’s degree in drama from the Catholic University of America. Susan Sarandon is the daughter of Phillip Leslie Tomalin, Advertising Executive, Television Producer & Time Nightclub Singer, and Lenora Marie (nee Criscione).
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