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