Susan Batson
# Susan Batson

Susan Batson (born February 27, 1943, in Roxbury, Massachusetts) 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1970 | WUSA | Teenage Girl | |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Sabrina | |
| 1978 | House Calls | Shirley | |
| 1982 | Love Child | Brenda | |
| 1993 | Quand Fred rit | | Short film |
| 1996 | Girl 6 | Acting coach | |
| 1996 | 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" |
| 1969 | Gunsmoke | Sister Blanche | Episode: "The Sisters" |
| 1969 | Gidget Grows Up | Diana Otessa | TV movie |
| 1971 | The Interns | Hollie | Episode: "The Choice" |
| 1976 | Delvecchio | Clerk | Episode: "Good Cop" |
| 1976 | All's Fair | Waitress | Episode: "The Gang Leader" |
| 1977 | Police Story | Baby Rose | Episode: "Trial Board" |
| 1977 | 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!" |
