Susan Tyrrell
Acting • Born 1945-03-18 – Died 2012-06-16
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."
Filmography
76 credits
Angel
Movie • 1984
Solly Mosler
Big Top Pee-wee
Movie • 1988
Midge Montana
Masked and Anonymous
Movie • 2003
Ella the Fortune Teller
Tapeheads
Movie • 1988
Nikki Morton
Flesh + Blood
Movie • 1985
Celine
Cry-Baby
Movie • 1990
Ramona Rickettes
Far from Home
Movie • 1989
Agnes Reed
The Christmas Star
Movie • 1986
Sara
The Killer Inside Me
Movie • 1976
Joyce Lakeland
Forbidden Zone
Movie • 1980
Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Fast-Walking
Movie • 1982
Evie
Fat City
Movie • 1972
Oma
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Movie • 1977
Lee
From a Whisper to a Scream
Movie • 1987
Beth Chandler
Bad
Movie • 1977
Mary Aiken
Avenging Angel
Movie • 1985
Solly Mosler
Motorama
Movie • 1991
Bartender
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Movie • 1997
Mrs. B
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Movie • 1981
Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Movie • 1981
Vera
September 30, 1955
Movie • 1977
Melba Lou
Islands in the Stream
Movie • 1977
Lil
Kid-Thing
Movie • 2012
Esther
Relax... It's Just Sex
Movie • 1998
Alicia
Liar's Moon
Movie • 1982
Lora Mae Bouvier
Every Cake, Neil
Movie • 1991
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Movie • 1971
Jack
Rockula
Movie • 1990
Chuck the Bartender
Zandy's Bride
Movie • 1974
Marai Cordova
Shoot Out
Movie • 1971
Alma
The Demolitionist
Movie • 1995
Eleanor Grimbaum
Buddy Boy
Movie • 2000
Sal
Japan in Paris in L.A.
Movie • 1996
Another Man, Another Chance
Movie • 1977
Alice
Poker Alice
Movie • 1987
Mad Mary
Subway Riders
Movie • 1981
Eleanor Langley
The Underachievers
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Grant
Catch My Soul
Movie • 1974
Emilia
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Movie • 1997
Racquet
Movie • 1979
Miss Baxter
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Movie • 1981
Self
Flexing with Monty
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Nog (voice)
Lady of the House
Movie • 1978
Helen
The Life of Sean DeLear
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
Movie • 1992
The Woman
Digital Man
Movie • 1995
Mildred
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Movie • 1983
Bunny
The Chipmunk Adventure
Movie • 1987
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Document of the Dead
Movie • 1981
Narrator (voice)
Powder
Movie • 1995
Maxine
To Kill the King
Movie • 1974
Maggie Van Birchard
Thompson's Last Run
Movie • 1986
Pookie
The Steagle
Movie • 1971
Louise
Loose Shoes
Movie • 1978
Boobies
Wizards
Movie • 1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Boneyard Collection
Movie • 2008
High Priestess
Fire and Ice
Movie • 1983
Juliana (voice)
Jealousy
Movie • 1984
Dixie
Midnight Lace
Movie • 1981
Ann Galvin
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Annie / Isabelle Oates
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Mona
Kojak
TV • 1973
Mary Torino
Cow and Chicken
TV • 1997
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Doris
The Patty Duke Show
TV • 1963
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Phyllis Freuchen
Open All Night
TV • 1981
Gretchen Feester
Flying High
TV • 1978
Baretta
TV • 1975
Extreme Ghostbusters
TV • 1997
Achira (voice)
Nichols
TV • 1971
Caralee
I Am Weasel
TV • 1997
Madame DeBarge (voice)
If Tomorrow Comes
TV • 1986
Bertha
Wings
TV • 1990
Sconset Sal
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Jill Conway
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
TV • 1989