Susan Anspach (born November 23, 1939) is an American stage and motion-picture actress.
Anspach was born in New York City and was raised in Queens, New York. She graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City in 1960. Paul Simon was a neighbor. She went on to star in several Broadway and off-Broadway shows, including as the female lead in the musical Hair and an Actors' Studio play with Al Pacino. She first came to prominence opposite Jack Nicholson in the 1970 film Five Easy Pieces. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called her "one of the most charming and talented actresses in America".
She is a critically acclaimed stage actress who starred off-Broadway in A View from the Bridge with Robert Duvall, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. In her film career, Susan Anspach starred in 19 features and eight TV movies and also was featured in two series, The Yellow Rose and The Slap Maxwell Story (opposite Dabney Coleman).
Filmography
Five Easy Pieces 1970, opposite Jack Nicholson (the father of her son, Caleb Goddard)
Play It Again, Sam 1972, opposite Woody Allen
Blume in Love 1973, opposite George Segal and Kris Kristofferson
The Big Fix 1978, co-starring with Richard Dreyfuss
Running 1979, co-starring with Michael Douglas
The Devil and Max Devlin 1981, opposite Bill Cosby and Elliot Gould
Montenegro 1981, a foreign film in which she was a lead with Erland Josephson, Per Oscarson and other Swedish actors.
Misunderstood 1984, with Gene Hackman
External links
Susan Anspach at the Internet Movie Database
Susan Anspach at the Internet Broadway Database
Susan Anspach at Allmovie
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Categories: 1939 births | Living people | American film actors | American stage actors | American television actors | New York actors | People from Queens
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