Susan Tyrrell

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 Appearances)

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

Cow and Chicken

1997

Extreme Ghostbusters

1997

I Am Weasel

1997

Pink as the Day She Was Born

1997

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

1997

Japan in Paris in L.A.

1996

Powder

1995

Digital Man

1995

The Demolitionist

1995

Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta

1992

Motorama

1991

Every Cake, Neil

1991

Wings

1990

Cry-Baby

1990

Rockula

1990

Far from Home

1989

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood

1989

Tapeheads

1988

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

The Underachievers

1988

From a Whisper to a Scream

1987

The Chipmunk Adventure

1987

Poker Alice

1987

The Christmas Star

1986

If Tomorrow Comes

1986

Thompson's Last Run

1986

Flesh + Blood

1985

Avenging Angel

1985

Jealousy

1984

Angel

1984

The Hitchhiker

1983

Fire and Ice

1983

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon

1983

Fast-Walking

1982

Forbidden Zone

1982

Liar's Moon

1982

Open All Night

1981

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

Subway Riders

1981

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

Midnight Lace

1981

Document of the Dead

1981

Racquet

1979

Lady of the House

1978

Flying High

1978

Loose Shoes

1978

Another Man, Another Chance

1977

September 30, 1955

1977

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977

Bad

1977

Islands in the Stream

1977

Wizards

1977

The Killer Inside Me

1976

Starsky & Hutch

1975

Baretta

1975

To Kill the King

1974

Zandy's Bride

1974

Catch My Soul

1974

Kojak

1973

Fat City

1972

Nichols

1971

The Steagle

1971

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

1971

Shoot Out

1971 Debut

Mr. Novak

1963

The Patty Duke Show

1963

Bonanza

1959
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