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









