Susan Tyrrell
ActingSusan 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."
Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Life of Sean DeLear
2024
Esther
Kid-Thing
2012
Mrs. Nog (voice)
Flexing with Monty
2010
High Priestess
The Boneyard Collection
2008
Ella the Fortune Teller
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Sal
Buddy Boy
2000
Alicia
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
Mrs. B
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
Maxine
Powder
1995
Mildred
Digital Man
1995
Eleanor Grimbaum
The Demolitionist
1995
The Woman
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992
Bartender
Motorama
1991
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Ramona Rickettes
Cry-Baby
1990
Chuck the Bartender
Rockula
1990
Agnes Reed
Far from Home
1989
Nikki Morton
Tapeheads
1988
Midge Montana
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
TV Shows
Madame DeBarge (voice)
Cow and Chicken
1997
Achira (voice)
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
Madame DeBarge (voice)
I Am Weasel
1997
Sconset Sal
Wings
1990
Mona
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Bertha
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
Doris
The Hitchhiker
1983
Gretchen Feester
Open All Night
1981
Flying High
1978
Annie / Isabelle Oates
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Baretta
1975
Mary Torino
Kojak
1973
Caralee
Nichols
1971
Phyllis Freuchen
Mr. Novak
1963
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Jill Conway
Bonanza
1959
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