 She then attended The Catholic University of America, from 1964 to 1968, and earned a BA in drama and worked with noted drama coach and master teacher, Father Gilbert V. Hartke.During and slightly after college, she supported herself by cutting hair, cleaning houses and working as a switchboard operator.In 1969, Sarandon went to a casting call for the motion-picture "Joe" (1970) with her then-husband Chris Sarandon.