Susan Tyrrell
March 18, 1945 (79 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA
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
Credits
- 2024 · The Life of Sean DeLear as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Kid-Thing as Esther
- 2010 · Flexing with Monty as Mrs. Nog (voice)
- 2008 · The Boneyard Collection as High Priestess
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Ella the Fortune Teller
- 2000 · Buddy Boy as Sal
- 1998 · Relax... It's Just Sex as Alicia Pillsbury
- 1997 · Cow and Chicken as
- 1997 · Extreme Ghostbusters as Achira (voice)
- 1997 · I Am Weasel as Madame DeBarge (voice)
- 1997 · Pink as the Day She Was Born as
- 1997 · Poison Ivy: The New Seduction as Mrs. B
- 1996 · Japan in Paris in L.A. as
- 1995 · Powder as Maxine
- 1995 · Digital Man as Mildred
- 1995 · The Demolitionist as Eleanor Grimbaum
- 1992 · Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta as The Woman
- 1991 · Motorama as Bartender
- 1991 · Every Cake, Neil as
- 1990 · Wings as Sconset Sal
- 1990 · Cry-Baby as Ramona Rickettes
- 1990 · Rockula as Chuck the Bartender
- 1989 · Far from Home as Agnes Reed
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Mona
- 1988 · Tapeheads as Nikki Morton
- 1988 · Big Top Pee-wee as Midge Montana
- 1988 · The Underachievers as Mrs. Grant
- 1987 · From a Whisper to a Scream as Beth Chandler
- 1987 · The Chipmunk Adventure as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
- 1987 · Poker Alice as Mad Mary
- 1986 · The Christmas Star as Sara
- 1986 · If Tomorrow Comes as Bertha
- 1986 · Thompson's Last Run as Pookie
- 1985 · Flesh + Blood as Celine
- 1985 · Avenging Angel as Solly Mosler
- 1984 · Angel as Solly Mosler
- 1984 · Jealousy as Dixie
- 1983 · The Hitchhiker as Doris
- 1983 · Fire and Ice as Juliana (voice)
- 1983 · What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon as Bunny
- 1982 · Fast-Walking as Evie
- 1982 · Liar's Moon as Lora Mae Bouvier
- 1981 · Open All Night as Gretchen Feester
- 1981 · Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker as Aunt Cheryl
- 1981 · Tales of Ordinary Madness as Vera
- 1981 · Subway Riders as Eleanor Langley
- 1981 · Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self
- 1981 · Midnight Lace as Ann Galvin
- 1981 · Document of the Dead as Narrator (voice)
- 1980 · Forbidden Zone as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
- 1979 · Racquet as Miss Baxter
- 1978 · Lady of the House as Helen
- 1978 · Flying High as
- 1978 · Loose Shoes as Boobies
- 1977 · Another Man, Another Chance as Alice
- 1977 · September 30, 1955 as Melba Lou
- 1977 · I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Lee
- 1977 · Bad as Mary Aiken
- 1977 · Islands in the Stream as Lil
- 1977 · Wizards as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1976 · The Killer Inside Me as Joyce Lakeland
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Annie / Isabelle Oates
- 1975 · Baretta as
- 1974 · To Kill the King as Maggie Van Birchard
- 1974 · Zandy's Bride as Marai Cordova
- 1974 · Catch My Soul as Emilia
- 1973 · Kojak as Mary Torino
- 1972 · Fat City as Oma
- 1971 · Nichols as Caralee
- 1971 · The Steagle as Louise
- 1971 · Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Jack
- 1971 · Shoot Out as Alma
- 1963 · Mr. Novak as Phyllis Freuchen
- 1963 · The Patty Duke Show as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Jill Conway