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
All Movies (59)
- The Life of Sean DeLear2024 · as Self (archive footage)
- Kid-Thing2012 · as Esther
- Flexing with Monty2010 · as Mrs. Nog (voice)
- The Boneyard Collection2008 · as High Priestess
- Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Ella the Fortune Teller
- Buddy Boy2000 · as Sal
- Relax... It's Just Sex1998 · as Alicia
- Pink as the Day She Was Born1997
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction1997 · as Mrs. B
- Japan in Paris in L.A.1996
- Powder1995 · as Maxine
- Digital Man1995 · as Mildred
- The Demolitionist1995 · as Eleanor Grimbaum
- Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta1992 · as The Woman
- Motorama1991 · as Bartender
- Every Cake, Neil1991
- Cry-Baby1990 · as Ramona Rickettes
- Rockula1990 · as Chuck the Bartender
- Far from Home1989 · as Agnes Reed
- Tapeheads1988 · as Nikki Morton
- Big Top Pee-wee1988 · as Midge Montana
- The Underachievers1988 · as Mrs. Grant
- From a Whisper to a Scream1987 · as Beth Chandler
- The Chipmunk Adventure1987 · as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
- Poker Alice1987 · as Mad Mary
- The Christmas Star1986 · as Sara
- Thompson's Last Run1986 · as Pookie
- Flesh + Blood1985 · as Celine
- Avenging Angel1985 · as Solly Mosler
- Jealousy1984 · as Dixie
- Angel1984 · as Solly Mosler
- Fire and Ice1983 · as Juliana (voice)
- What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon1983 · as Bunny
- Fast-Walking1982 · as Evie
- Forbidden Zone1982 · as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
- Liar's Moon1982 · as Lora Mae Bouvier
- Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker1981 · as Aunt Cheryl
- Tales of Ordinary Madness1981 · as Vera
- Subway Riders1981 · as Eleanor Langley
- Be Pretty and Shut Up!1981 · as Self
- Midnight Lace1981 · as Ann Galvin
- Document of the Dead1981 · as Narrator (voice)
- Racquet1979 · as Miss Baxter
- Lady of the House1978 · as Helen
- Loose Shoes1978 · as Boobies
- Another Man, Another Chance1977 · as Alice
- September 30, 19551977 · as Melba Lou
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden1977 · as Lee
- Bad1977 · as Mary Aiken
- Islands in the Stream1977 · as Lil
- Wizards1977 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Killer Inside Me1976 · as Joyce Lakeland
- To Kill the King1974 · as Maggie Van Birchard
- Zandy's Bride1974 · as Marai Cordova
- Catch My Soul1974 · as Emilia
- Fat City1972 · as Oma
- Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me1971 · as Jack
- The Steagle1971 · as Louise
- Shoot Out1971 · as Alma
All TV Shows (17)
- Cow and Chicken1997 · as Madame DeBarge (voice)
- Extreme Ghostbusters1997 · as Achira (voice)
- I Am Weasel1997 · as Madame DeBarge (voice)
- Wings1990 · as Sconset Sal
- Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Mona
- Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood1989
- If Tomorrow Comes1986 · as Bertha
- The Hitchhiker1983 · as Doris
- Open All Night1981 · as Gretchen Feester
- Flying High1978
- Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Annie / Isabelle Oates
- Baretta1975
- Kojak1973 · as Mary Torino
- Nichols1971 · as Caralee
- Mr. Novak1963 · as Phyllis Freuchen
- The Patty Duke Show1963
- Bonanza1959 · as Jill Conway