Biography
Susan Tyrrell (born Susan Jillian Creamer; March 18, 1945 β 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, outrΓ©, and grotesque."
Filmography (76)
The Life of Sean DeLear
2024
Kid-Thing
2012
Flexing with Monty
2010
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Buddy Boy
2000
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
I Am Weasel
1997
Cow and Chicken
1997
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
The Demolitionist
1995
Digital Man
1995
Powder
1995
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992
Motorama
1991
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Cry-Baby
1990
Rockula
1990
Wings
1990
Far from Home
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
Tapeheads
1988
The Underachievers
1988
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
Poker Alice
1987
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
The Christmas Star
1986
Thompson's Last Run
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
Flesh + Blood
1985
Avenging Angel
1985
Angel
1984
Jealousy
1984
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
Fire and Ice
1983
The Hitchhiker
1983
Forbidden Zone
1982
Fast-Walking
1982
Liar's Moon
1982
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
Subway Riders
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
Document of the Dead
1981
Midnight Lace
1981
Open All Night
1981
Racquet
1979
Lady of the House
1978
Loose Shoes
1978
Flying High
1978
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
Bad
1977
September 30, 1955
1977
Islands in the Stream
1977
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Wizards
1977
The Killer Inside Me
1976
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Baretta
1975
Zandy's Bride
1974
Catch My Soul
1974
To Kill the King
1974
Kojak
1973
Fat City
1972
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
Shoot Out
1971
The Steagle
1971
Nichols
1971
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Mr. Novak
1963
Bonanza
1959
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