Susan Tyrrell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-03-18
Day of Death
2012-06-16 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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."
Acting
(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)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
(1997)
(1996)
(1995)
Powder
as Maxine
(1995)
The Demolitionist
as Eleanor Grimbaum
(1995)
Digital Man
as Mildred
(1992)
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
as The Woman
(1991)
Motorama
as Bartender
(1991)
(1990)
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
(1990)
Rockula
as Chuck the Bartender
(1989)
Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
(1988)
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
(1988)
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
(1988)
The Underachievers
as Mrs. Grant
(1987)
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
(1987)
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
(1987)
Poker Alice
as Mad Mary
(1986)
The Christmas Star
as Sara
(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)
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
(1983)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
as Bunny
(1982)
Liar's Moon
as Lora Mae Bouvier
(1982)
Fast-Walking
as Evie
(1981)
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
(1981)
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
(1981)
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
(1981)
Midnight Lace
as Ann Galvin
(1981)
Subway Riders
as Eleanor Langley
(1981)
Document of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
(1980)
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
(1979)
Racquet
as Miss Baxter
(1978)
Loose Shoes
as Boobies
(1978)
Lady of the House
as Helen
(1977)
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1977)
Bad
as Mary Aiken
(1977)
(1977)
Islands in the Stream
as Lil
(1977)
Another Man, Another Chance
as Alice
(1977)
September 30, 1955
as Melba Lou
(1976)
The Killer Inside Me
as Joyce Lakeland
(1974)
Zandy's Bride
as Marai Cordova
(1974)
Catch My Soul
as Emilia
(1974)
To Kill the King
as Maggie Van Birchard
(1972)
Fat City
as Oma
(1971)
Shoot Out
as Alma
(1971)
(1971)
The Steagle
as Louise
Crew
(1992)
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
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