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