Susan Tyrrell
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."
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Films (59)
The Life of Sean DeLear
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Kid-Thing
2012 · Esther
Flexing with Monty
2010 · Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
2008 · High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
2003 · Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
2000 · Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998 · Alicia
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997 · Mrs. B
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
Powder
1995 · Maxine
Digital Man
1995 · Mildred
The Demolitionist
1995 · Eleanor Grimbaum
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992 · The Woman, Book, Lyricist, Writer
Motorama
1991 · Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Cry-Baby
1990 · Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
1990 · Chuck the Bartender
Far from Home
1989 · Agnes Reed
Tapeheads
1988 · Nikki Morton
Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Midge Montana
The Underachievers
1988 · Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987 · Beth Chandler
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987 · Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Poker Alice
1987 · Mad Mary
The Christmas Star
1986 · Sara
Thompson's Last Run
1986 · Pookie
Flesh + Blood
1985 · Celine
Avenging Angel
1985 · Solly Mosler
Jealousy
1984 · Dixie
Angel
1984 · Solly Mosler
Fire and Ice
1983 · Juliana (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983 · Bunny
Fast-Walking
1982 · Evie
Forbidden Zone
1982 · Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Liar's Moon
1982 · Lora Mae Bouvier
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981 · Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981 · Vera
Subway Riders
1981 · Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · Self
Midnight Lace
1981 · Ann Galvin
Document of the Dead
1981 · Narrator (voice)
Racquet
1979 · Miss Baxter
Lady of the House
1978 · Helen
Loose Shoes
1978 · Boobies
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Alice
September 30, 1955
1977 · Melba Lou
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Lee
Bad
1977 · Mary Aiken
Islands in the Stream
1977 · Lil
Wizards
1977 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Killer Inside Me
1976 · Joyce Lakeland
To Kill the King
1974 · Maggie Van Birchard
Zandy's Bride
1974 · Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
1974 · Emilia
Fat City
1972 · Oma
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971 · Jack
The Steagle
1971 · Louise
Shoot Out
1971 · Alma
Séries (17)
Cow and Chicken
1997 · Madame DeBarge (voice)
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997 · Achira (voice)
I Am Weasel
1997 · Madame DeBarge (voice)
Wings
1990 · Sconset Sal
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Mona
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
If Tomorrow Comes
1986 · Bertha
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Doris
Open All Night
1981 · Gretchen Feester
Flying High
1978
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Annie / Isabelle Oates
Baretta
1975
Kojak
1973 · Mary Torino
Nichols
1971 · Caralee
Mr. Novak
1963 · Phyllis Freuchen
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Bonanza
1959 · Jill Conway