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Susan Batson

American producer, actress, author, and acting coach

Summary

American producer, actress, author, and acting coach

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name	Susan Batson
image	Susan_Batson_CBS_publicity_1969.jpg
caption	Batson in Gunsmoke (1969)
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occupation	{{flatlist
years_active	1965–present
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alma_mater	Emerson College

Actress
author
acting coach}} 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. Her work in Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for her.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	WUSA	Teenage Girl
1977	The Choirboys	Sabrina
1978	House Calls	Shirley
1982	Love Child	Brenda	1985-Stone Pillow-
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

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!"

References

David Garfield. (1980). "A Player's Place: The Story of the Actors Studio". MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc..
(January 16, 1973). "Susan Batson relives her part in 'Creation of the World'". The Boston Globe.
(January 12, 1973). "Susan Batson tells her 'horror story'". The Boston Globe.
"Alumni".
Batson, Susan. (2013). "Truth: Personas, Needs, and Flaws in the Art of Building Actors and Creating Characters".
"OBIE Awards website". American Theatre Wing and Village Voice.
"Susan Batson profile". The Broadway League.

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