Helen Prejean her best-selling book, "Dead Man Walking" (1993), based on her experiences with two convicts on Death Row for whom she served as spiritual adviser before their executions. In her book, she explored the effects of the death penalty on everyone involved. The book was adapted as a 1995 film of the same name, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. It was also adapted as an opera, first produced in 2000 by the San Francisco Opera. Helen Prejean was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the daughter of Augusta Mae (née Bourg; 1911–1993), a nurse, and Louis Sebastian Prejean (1893–1974), a lawyer.
Susan Sarandon ("Bart Has Two Mommies") and as a ballet teacher, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma". She appeared on "Friends", "Malcolm in the Middle", "Mad TV", "Saturday Night Live", "Chappelle's Show", "30 Rock", "Rescue Me," and "Mike & Molly". Sarandon has contributed the narration to two dozen documentary films, many of which dealt with social and political issues. In addition, she has served as the presenter on many installments of the PBS documentary series, "Independent Lens". In 1999 and 2000, she hosted and presented "Mythos", a series of lectures by the late American mythology professor Joseph Campbell. Sarandon also participates as a