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