Susan Anspach

Infobox actor
name = Susan Anspach

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birthdate = birth date and age|1939|11|23
birthplace = New York City
occupation = Film, stage, television actress

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

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