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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Movies (41)
The Life of Sean DeLear
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Kid-Thing
as Esther
2012
Flexing with Monty
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
2010
The Boneyard Collection
as High Priestess
2008
Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
2003
Buddy Boy
as Sal
2000
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Alicia Pillsbury
1998
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
1997
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
Powder
as Maxine
1995
Digital Man
as Mildred
1995
The Demolitionist
as Eleanor Grimbaum
1995
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
as The Woman
1992
Motorama
as Bartender
1991
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
1990
Rockula
as Chuck the Bartender
1990
Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
1989
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
1988
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
1988
The Underachievers
as Mrs. Grant
1988
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
1987
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
1987
Poker Alice
as Mad Mary
1987
The Christmas Star
as Sara
1986
Thompson's Last Run
as Pookie
1986
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
1985
Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
1985
Angel
as Solly Mosler
1984
Jealousy
as Dixie
1984
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
1983
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
as Bunny
1983
Fast-Walking
as Evie
1982
Liar's Moon
as Lora Mae Bouvier
1982
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
1981
Subway Riders
as Eleanor Langley
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
1981
Midnight Lace
as Ann Galvin
1981
Document of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
1981
TV Shows (9)
Cow and Chicken
1997
Extreme Ghostbusters
as Achira (voice)
1997
I Am Weasel
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997
Wings
as Sconset Sal
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Mona
1989
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
If Tomorrow Comes
as Bertha
1986
The Hitchhiker
as Doris
1983
Open All Night
as Gretchen Feester
1981