Susan Tyrrell
Acting
Born: March 18, 1945 · San Francisco, California, USA
Died: June 16, 2012 (aged 67)
Highest Rated
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."
Photos (2)
Movies (56)
Fire and Ice
Juliana (voice)
Cry-Baby
Ramona Rickettes
Flesh + Blood
Celine
Powder
Maxine
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Mrs. B
Angel
Solly Mosler
Masked and Anonymous
Ella the Fortune Teller
The Chipmunk Adventure
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Tapeheads
Nikki Morton
From a Whisper to a Scream
Beth Chandler
Fat City
Oma
The Christmas Star
Sara
Big Top Pee-wee
Midge Montana
The Underachievers
Mrs. Grant
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Aunt Cheryl
Forbidden Zone
Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Wizards
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Shoot Out
Alma
Islands in the Stream
Lil
Far from Home
Agnes Reed
Avenging Angel
Solly Mosler
Liar's Moon
Lora Mae Bouvier
Digital Man
Mildred
Bad
Mary Aiken
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Vera
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Lee
Zandy's Bride
Marai Cordova
Subway Riders
Eleanor Langley
The Killer Inside Me
Joyce Lakeland
The Steagle
Louise
Racquet
Miss Baxter
Fast-Walking
Evie
Another Man, Another Chance
Alice
The Demolitionist
Eleanor Grimbaum
Rockula
Chuck the Bartender
September 30, 1955
Melba Lou
Thompson's Last Run
Pookie
Poker Alice
Mad Mary
The Boneyard Collection
High Priestess
Motorama
Bartender
Loose Shoes
Boobies
Relax... It's Just Sex
Alicia
To Kill the King
Maggie Van Birchard
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Jack
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Bunny
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Catch My Soul
Emilia
Jealousy
Dixie
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
The Woman
Document of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Lady of the House
Helen
Kid-Thing
Esther
Buddy Boy
Sal
Midnight Lace
Ann Galvin
Flexing with Monty
Mrs. Nog (voice)
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
TV Shows (17)
Bonanza
Jill Conway · 1 eps
Wings
Sconset Sal · 1 eps
Cow and Chicken
Madame DeBarge (voice) · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Annie / Isabelle Oates · 1 eps
Kojak
Mary Torino · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Mona · 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Doris · 1 eps
Baretta
1 eps
I Am Weasel
Madame DeBarge (voice) · 1 eps
Mr. Novak
Phyllis Freuchen · 1 eps
The Patty Duke Show
1 eps
Nichols
Caralee · 1 eps
Extreme Ghostbusters
Achira (voice) · 2 eps
Flying High
1 eps
If Tomorrow Comes
Bertha · 1 eps
Open All Night
Gretchen Feester · 13 eps
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1 eps
