Susan Sarandon to Guest on New Season of CBS's MIKE & MOLLY

Warner Bros has announced that Academy Award winning actress Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) will have a guest spot on the upcoming season of the CBS hit comedy MIKE & MOLLY.

According to the press release, she will portray 'JC Small' described as a "literary icon and Molly's idol, part JD Salinger with a touch of William Faulkner and a sprinkle of Gore Vidal with a beautiful mind and tortured soul." In the episode, the reknown author will give Molly a lesson in writing that neither she nor her family will fast forget.

Mike & Molly stars Melissa McCarthy, Billy Gardell, Katie Mixon, Swoosie Kurtz and Reno Wilson. The series will return to CBS midseason.

Sarandon has appeared on TV in episodes of Rescue Me, ER, Friends and 30 Rock. The actress most recently appeared on Broadway in the critically acclaimed production of 'Exit The King', along with co-stars Geoffrey Rush,Lauren Ambrose, Andrea Martin, William Sadler and Brian Hutchison. The Eugene Ionesco's classic comedy was directed by Neil Armfield, and translated by Armfield and Rush. She received Drama Desk nominations for her roles in the Off-Broadway productions of Extremities and A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking and also starred in The Exonerated Off-Broadway and The Guys Off-Off Broadway. She appeared on Broadway in Gore Vidal's controversial ensemble piece, An Evening with Richard Nixon, in 1972.

Sarandon won an Academy Award for her performance in Dead Man Walking. She received a 2008 Golden Globe nomination and a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her performance as Doris Duke in the HBO film "Bernard and Doris." She received Academy Award nominations for her roles in Atlantic City, Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil and The Client.

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