Susan Tyrrell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Died
- June 16, 2012 (aged 67)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Susan Tyrrell (born Susan Jillian Creamer; March 18, 1945 – June 16, 2012) was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Oma in John Huston's Fat City (1972). In 1978, Tyrrell received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Andy Warhol's Bad (1977). Her New York Times obituary described her as "a whiskey-voiced character actress (with) talent for playing the downtrodden, outré, and grotesque."
Known For
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Filmography
The Life of Sean DeLear
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kid-Thing
Movie · as Esther
Flexing with Monty
Movie · as Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
Movie · as High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
Movie · as Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
Movie · as Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
Movie · as Alicia
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Movie · as Mrs. B
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Movie
Extreme Ghostbusters
TV · as Achira (voice) · 2 eps
I Am Weasel
TV · as Madame DeBarge (voice) · 1 ep
Cow and Chicken
TV · as Madame DeBarge (voice) · 1 ep
Japan in Paris in L.A.
Movie
The Demolitionist
Movie · as Eleanor Grimbaum
Digital Man
Movie · as Mildred
Powder
Movie · as Maxine
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
Movie · as The Woman
Motorama
Movie · as Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
Movie
Cry-Baby
Movie · as Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
Movie · as Chuck the Bartender
Wings
TV · as Sconset Sal · 1 ep
Far from Home
Movie · as Agnes Reed
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Mona · 1 ep
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
TV · 1 ep
Big Top Pee-wee
Movie · as Midge Montana
Tapeheads
Movie · as Nikki Morton
The Underachievers
Movie · as Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
Movie · as Beth Chandler
Poker Alice
Movie · as Mad Mary
The Chipmunk Adventure
Movie · as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
The Christmas Star
Movie · as Sara
Thompson's Last Run
Movie · as Pookie
If Tomorrow Comes
TV · as Bertha · 1 ep
Flesh + Blood
Movie · as Celine
Avenging Angel
Movie · as Solly Mosler
Angel
Movie · as Solly Mosler
Jealousy
Movie · as Dixie
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Movie · as Bunny
Fire and Ice
Movie · as Juliana (voice)
The Hitchhiker
TV · as Doris · 1 ep
Forbidden Zone
Movie · as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Fast-Walking
Movie · as Evie
Liar's Moon
Movie · as Lora Mae Bouvier
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Movie · as Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Movie · as Vera
Subway Riders
Movie · as Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Movie · as Self
Document of the Dead
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Midnight Lace
Movie · as Ann Galvin
Open All Night
TV · as Gretchen Feester · 13 eps
Racquet
Movie · as Miss Baxter
Lady of the House
Movie · as Helen
Loose Shoes
Movie · as Boobies
Flying High
TV · 1 ep
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie · as Lee
Bad
Movie · as Mary Aiken
September 30, 1955
Movie · as Melba Lou
Islands in the Stream
Movie · as Lil
Another Man, Another Chance
Movie · as Alice
Wizards
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Killer Inside Me
Movie · as Joyce Lakeland
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Annie / Isabelle Oates · 1 ep
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Zandy's Bride
Movie · as Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
Movie · as Emilia
To Kill the King
Movie · as Maggie Van Birchard
Kojak
TV · as Mary Torino · 1 ep
Fat City
Movie · as Oma
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Movie · as Jack
Shoot Out
Movie · as Alma
The Steagle
Movie · as Louise
Nichols
TV · as Caralee · 1 ep
The Patty Duke Show
TV · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Phyllis Freuchen · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Jill Conway · 1 ep