Editing Susan Sarandon (section)

==Early life==
Sarandon was born in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City.<ref name="qns">{{cite web |url=https://qns.com/2018/05/susan-sarandon-returns-home-to-queens-to-plant-trees/ |title=Susan Sarandon returns home to Queens to plant trees |work=qns.com |last=Rose |first=Naeisha |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=August 9, 2021 }}</ref> She is the eldest of nine children of Lenora Marie (née Criscione 1923–2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lenora M. (Criscione) Tomalin - View Obituary & Service Information |url=https://www.drozdalfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Lenora-Tomalin/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Lenora M. (Criscione) Tomalin Obituary |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KGJT-THG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211820/https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KGJT-THG|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Person Details for L Tomalin, "United States Public Records, 1970-2009" — FamilySearch.org|website=[[FamilySearch]]|date=March 3, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref> and Phillip Leslie Tomalin, an advertising executive, television producer, and one-time [[nightclub singer]]. She has four brothers: Phillip Leslie Jr., Terry (an outdoorsman, journalist, and community leader), Timothy, and O'Brian (owner of Building 8 Brewery in Northampton, Mass.); and four sisters: Meredith (or "Merry"), Bonnie Priscilla, Amanda, and Melissa (or "Missy").<ref name="guardian">{{Cite news|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1733454,00.html|title=A fine romancer|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 18, 2006|access-date=May 24, 2010|location=London|first=Suzie|last=MacKenzie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206201010/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2006/mar/18/features.weekend|archive-date= December 6, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 14, 1968 · 17|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315683345/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 14, 1968 |language=en}}</ref> Her father was of English, Irish, and Welsh ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/tm_objectid=17661792&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=susan-sarandon-traces-roots-to-wales-name_page.html|title=Susan Sarandon traces roots to Wales|date=September 1, 2006|website=Walesonline.co.uk|access-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref> His English ancestors came from [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] in London and his Welsh ancestors from [[Bridgend]]. On her mother's side, she is of Italian descent, with [[emigrating|ancestors]] from the regions of [[Tuscany]] and [[Sicily]].<ref name="guardian"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/bios/susanS.shtml |title=Who Do You Think You Are |publisher=NBC |access-date=July 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428092420/http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/bios/susanS.shtml |archive-date=April 28, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=roots>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6189848.stm|title=Sarandon learns about Welsh roots|work=BBC News|date=November 28, 2006}}</ref> Her father worked for [[WOR-TV]] in New York City.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on August 28, 1977 · 41|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316556859/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=August 28, 1977 |language=en}}</ref>

When she was four years old,<ref name=":0" /> the Tomalin family moved from New York City to the newly developed [[Stephenville, New Jersey|Stephenville]] community, located in the northern area of [[Edison, New Jersey|Raritan (now Edison) Township, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on February 23, 1962 · 9|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315905661/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=February 23, 1962 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 12, 1970 · 29|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316361693/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 12, 1970 |language=en}}</ref> The family was raised [[Roman Catholic]] and she and her sisters attended the all-girls Saint Francis Grammar School in nearby [[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on April 25, 1963 · 4|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315520521/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=April 25, 1963 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on May 28, 1963 · 8|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315588186/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=May 28, 1963 |language=en}}</ref> while her brothers attended the all-boys Saint Matthews Grammar School in Edison Township.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on December 30, 1958 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315386293/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=December 30, 1958 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on September 17, 1961 · 25|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315546081/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=September 17, 1961 |language=en}}</ref> Her mother was a member and board director of the Stephenville Women's Club and the Terra Nova Garden Club.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 24, 1959 · 6|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315379008/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 24, 1959 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The family was also member to the Woodside Swim Club, a private swimming club and park in the Stephenville community,<ref name=":0" /> where Sarandon and her sisters won many swimming competitions.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 28, 1963 · 21|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315577855/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 28, 1963 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey on September 5, 1967 · Page 8|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/222045914/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=September 5, 1967 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 3, 1968 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315872784/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 3, 1968 |language=en}}</ref> Sarandon graduated from Saint Francis Grammar School in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 13, 1960 · 7|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315257710/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 13, 1960 |language=en}}</ref>

Sarandon attended [[Edison High School (New Jersey)|Edison High School]], a public school located in Edison Township.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monthly |first=New Jersey |date=2010-04-12 |title=Susan Sarandon is Riding the Currents |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/riding-the-currents/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=New Jersey Monthly}}</ref><ref name=yahoo>{{Cite web |title=Susan Sarandon Biography - Yahoo! Movies |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/person/susan-sarandon/biography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008003815/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/susan-sarandon/biography.html |archive-date=October 8, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In 1962, while still in high school, she joined a band and dance group to entertain sick children at a nearby rehabilitation hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on April 12, 1962 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315743642/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=April 12, 1962 |language=en}}</ref> As a high school junior, she performed the lead in the play ''Lady Precious Stream''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on July 26, 1970 · 58|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316014507/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=July 26, 1970 |language=en}}</ref> As a senior, she played the title character in the comedy ''[[My Sister Eileen (play)|My Sister Eileen]]'', earning mentions in the local newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 16, 1963 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315906057/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=November 16, 1963 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 20, 1963 · 2|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315908007/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=November 20, 1963 |language=en}}</ref> In 1964, Sarandon was inducted into the [[National Honor Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on March 25, 1964 · 16|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315891766/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=March 25, 1964 |language=en}}</ref>

In May 1964, the Tomalin family moved to the newly developed [[Chandler Hill, New Jersey|Chandler Hill]] community, east of Stephenville in Edison.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 7, 1964 · 38|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315689737/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 7, 1964 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 1, 1970 · 19|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/316027871/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 1970 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Sarandon graduated from Edison High School in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Central New Jersey Home News from New Brunswick, New Jersey on June 16, 1964 · 5|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/315710353/|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Newspapers.com|date=June 16, 1964 |language=en}}</ref> She attended the [[Catholic University of America]] in Washington D.C. from 1964 to 1968,<ref name="biography">{{Cite web |date=2021-03-30 |title=Susan Sarandon - Movies, Age & Children |url=https://www.biography.com/actors/susan-sarandon |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}</ref> earning a [[Bachelor of Arts degree|Bachelor of Arts]] in drama, and studying under the drama coach [[Gilbert V. Hartke]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pensandpatron.com/lifestyle/susan-sarandon/|title=Susan Sarandon Opens Up On Her Personal Life|date=October 15, 2017|work=Pens & Patron|access-date=February 2, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821172136/http://www.pensandpatron.com/lifestyle/susan-sarandon/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During and shortly after college, she supported herself by emptying bedpans in a hospital,<ref name=Kleiner>Kleiner, Dick (May 1, 1975). "Susan Sarandon's on way to top". ''Corsicana Daily Sun''.</ref> cutting hair, cleaning houses and working as a [[switchboard operator]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Oltuski |first=Romy |date=April 26, 2018 |title=What Susan Sarandon Has Learned from Being Duped Out of Money |url=https://www.instyle.com/news/susan-sarandon-money-talks |work=[[InStyle]] |access-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427064229/http://www.instyle.com/news/susan-sarandon-money-talks |url-status=dead }}</ref>