Susan Batson
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.
Susan Batson

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- Name
- Susan Batson
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Education
- Emerson College
- Born
- 1944 · Roxbury.
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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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.
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Susan Batson (born 1944) is an American actor, actress and columnist, among other activities. The actor was born in Roxbury. Susan Batson studied at HB Studio. Languages used include English.
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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.
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• Name — Susan Batson • Occupation — * Actress • author • acting coach • Years Active — 1965–present • Website — http: www.susanbatsonstudionyc.com/ • Education — Emerson College
Television
Television
• 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!"
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1944
Susan Batson born at Roxbury.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1970 — WUSA — Teenage Girl • 1977 — The Choirboys — Sabrina • 1978 — House Calls — Shirley • 1982 — Love Child — Brenda — 1985-Stone Pillow- Ruby • 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
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- 1.David Garfield. A Player's Place: The Story of the Actors Studio. MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. 277. 1980. 0-02-542650-8.
- 2.Kelly, Kevin. Susan Batson relives her part in 'Creation of the World'. The Boston Globe. 30. January 16, 1973.
- 3.Kelly, Kevin. Susan Batson tells her 'horror story'. The Boston Globe. 38. January 12, 1973.
- 4.Alumni. HB Studio.
- 5.Batson, Susan. Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters. 2013. 978-0-615-90490-0.
- 6.American Theatre Wing and Village Voice. OBIE Awards website.
- 7.The Broadway League. Susan Batson profile. Internet Broadway Database.
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