Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 18, 1945
Died
Jun 16, 2012
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
76 titles
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
Filmography
The Life of Sean DeLear
Self (archive footage)
Kid-Thing
Esther
Flexing with Monty
Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
Alicia
Cow and Chicken
Madame DeBarge (voice)
Extreme Ghostbusters
Achira (voice)
I Am Weasel
Madame DeBarge (voice)
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Mrs. B
Japan in Paris in L.A.
Powder
Maxine
Digital Man
Mildred
The Demolitionist
Eleanor Grimbaum
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
The Woman
Motorama
Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
Wings
Sconset Sal
Cry-Baby
Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
Chuck the Bartender
Far from Home
Agnes Reed
Tales from the Crypt
Mona
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
Tapeheads
Nikki Morton
Big Top Pee-wee
Midge Montana
The Underachievers
Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
Beth Chandler
The Chipmunk Adventure
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Poker Alice
Mad Mary
The Christmas Star
Sara
If Tomorrow Comes
Bertha
Thompson's Last Run
Pookie
Flesh + Blood
Celine
Avenging Angel
Solly Mosler
Jealousy
Dixie
Angel
Solly Mosler
The Hitchhiker
Doris
Fire and Ice
Juliana (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Bunny
Fast-Walking
Evie
Forbidden Zone
Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Liar's Moon
Lora Mae Bouvier
Open All Night
Gretchen Feester
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Vera
Subway Riders
Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
Midnight Lace
Ann Galvin