Susan Tyrrell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-03-18 (67 years old)

Deathday

2012-06-16

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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."

Acting

1984

Angel

as Solly Mosler

1988

Big Top Pee-wee

as Midge Montana

2003

Masked and Anonymous

as Ella the Fortune Teller

1988

Tapeheads

as Nikki Morton

1985

Flesh + Blood

as Celine

1990

Cry-Baby

as Ramona Rickettes

1989

Far from Home

as Agnes Reed

1976

The Killer Inside Me

as Joyce Lakeland

1980

Forbidden Zone

as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension

1982

1972

Fat City

as Oma

1987

1977

Bad

as Mary Aiken

1985

Avenging Angel

as Solly Mosler

1991

Motorama

as Bartender

1977

September 30, 1955

as Melba Lou

2012

Kid-Thing

as Esther

1998

Relax... It's Just Sex

as Alicia Pillsbury

1982

Liar's Moon

as Lora Mae Bouvier

1990

Rockula

as Chuck the Bartender

1974

Zandy's Bride

as Marai Cordova

1971

Shoot Out

as Alma

1995

The Demolitionist

as Eleanor Grimbaum

2000

Buddy Boy

as Sal

1987

Poker Alice

as Mad Mary

1981

Subway Riders

as Eleanor Langley

1988

The Underachievers

as Mrs. Grant

1974

Catch My Soul

as Emilia

1979

Racquet

as Miss Baxter

2010

Flexing with Monty

as Mrs. Nog (voice)

1978

2024

The Life of Sean DeLear

as Self (archive footage)

1995

Digital Man

as Mildred

1987

The Chipmunk Adventure

as Claudia Furschtien (voice)

1981

Document of the Dead

as Narrator (voice)

1995

Powder

as Maxine

1974

To Kill the King

as Maggie Van Birchard

1986

1971

The Steagle

as Louise

1978

Loose Shoes

as Boobies

1977

Wizards

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2008

The Boneyard Collection

as High Priestess

1983

Fire and Ice

as Juliana (voice)

1984

Jealousy

as Dixie

1981

Midnight Lace

as Ann Galvin

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