Susan Anspach
Susan Anspach | |
|---|---|
 Anspach in 1979 | |
| Born | November 23, 1942 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961-present |
| Spouse | Mark Goddard (1970-1978; divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
Susan Anspach (born November 23, 1942) is an American stage and film actress. She is best known for her roles in films during the 1970s such as Five Easy Pieces (1970), Play It Again, Sam (1972), and Blume in Love (1973).
Private life
Anspach was raised in Queens, New York, the daughter of Trudy, a one-time singer, and Renald Anspach.[1] She graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City in 1960. Paul Simon was a neighbor.[citation needed] She enrolled in the music department at the Catholic University of America. For her sophomore year she transferred to the drama department, where she appeared in the annual musical, All Systems Are Go.[citation needed]
Personal life
Married to actor Mark Goddard, Anspach has a son, Caleb Goddard (born 1970).[2] In the October 6, 2014 obituary for fellow Hair cast member Steve Curry, the New York Times reported that Mr. Curry fathered a daughter, Catherine Goddard, with Anspach.[3]
Career
Anspach starred 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 America's most charming and talented actresses".[4] Anspach was originally cast in the role of country singer Barbara Jean in the 1975 film Nashville, but her salary requirements exceeded the ensemble film's budget; she was replaced by Ronee Blakley.[5]
She has 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). She starred in the episode "All My Tomorrows" (opposite Robert Foxworth) of the NBC romantic anthology series Love Story in 1973.[6]
Selected filmography
- The Landlord (1970) (with Beau Bridges, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Lee Grant)
- Five Easy Pieces (1970) (opposite Jack Nicholson)
- Play It Again, Sam 1972 (opposite Woody Allen)
- Blume in Love (1973) (opposite George Segal and Kris Kristofferson)
- McMillan and Wife (1976) episode "Point of Law"
- The Big Fix (1978) (co-starring with Richard Dreyfuss)
- The Last Giraffe (1979) (TV-film, opposite Simon Ward)
- Running (1979) (co-starring with Michael Douglas)
- The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) (opposite Bill Cosby and Elliott Gould)
- Gas (1981), a Canadian comedy film
- Montenegro (1981), a Swedish film
- Deadly Encounter (1982) (TV-film, opposite Larry Hagman)
- Misunderstood (1984), (with Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn)
- Blue Monkey (1987) (opposite Steve Railsback and Gwynyth Walsh)
- Into The Fire (1988 film), (with Lee Montgomery, Olivia d'Abo)
- Killer Instinct (1989) (opposite David Dukes)
- Murder She Wrote (1989) episode "Dead Letter"
- Back to Back (1989) (opposite Bill Paxton)
- Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002), (with Jacqueline Bisset, Valerie Harper)
- Wild About Harry (2009), (with Tate Donovan)
References
- ^ "It's Easier to Pull a Rabbit Than a Career Out of a Hat—Unless You're Susan Anspach". people.com.
- ^ von Strunckel, Shelley (June 23, 2006). "What the Stars say about them — Jack Nicholson and Susan Anspach". The Sunday Times (UK): p. 36.
- ^ Steve Curry obituary, nytimes.com, October 7, 2014.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/08/movies/makavejev-s-montenegro-set-in-sweden.html
- ^ Robert Altman, director, in his DVD commentary to Nashville, Paramount DVD, 2000 release
- ^ "Love Story". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
