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 Television References External links Susan Batson at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection NPR Interview on All Things Considered African-American actresses American film actresses American film producers American television actresses American women writers Actresses from Massachusetts 1943 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American acting coaches 20th-century American actresses American women film producers 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women