Susan Sarandon Cheats Death—in Her New TV Series

Susan Sarandon began her career doing serials like A World Apart and Search for Tomorrow. Of course she went on to become a major A-lister in movies like Bull Durham, Witches of Eastwick and, of course, Thelma and Louise, getting nominated for an Oscar five times along the way. Now, at age 76, she's back in a serial—a primetime serial—for Fox and is thrilled. 

On the country-music themed drama Monarch, Sarandon plays Dottie, the terminally ill family matriarch, who—get this!—dies in the first episode. Still, she plans to do more episodes with the ensemble cast, which includes country music icon Trace Adkins as her husband. “I’m leaving it open," she said. "I’m Jiminy Cricket. I’m going to appear on everybody’s shoulder. I’ll be around as long as they’ll have me!”