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Susan Tyrrell
Susan Tyrrell

Susan Tyrrell

ActingBorn March 18, 1945Died June 16, 2012 (age 67)San Francisco, California, USA

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

2024
The Life of Sean DeLear

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2012
Kid-Thing

as Esther

Movie
2010
Flexing with Monty

as Mrs. Nog (voice)

Movie
2008
The Boneyard Collection

as High Priestess

Movie
2003
Masked and Anonymous

as Ella the Fortune Teller

Movie
2000
Buddy Boy

as Sal

Movie
1998Movie
1997
Cow and Chicken

as Madame DeBarge (voice)

TV
1997
Extreme Ghostbusters

as Achira (voice)

TV
1997
I Am Weasel

as Madame DeBarge (voice)

TV
1995
Powder

as Maxine

Movie
1995
Digital Man

as Mildred

Movie
1995
The Demolitionist

as Eleanor Grimbaum

Movie
1991
Motorama

as Bartender

Movie
1990
Wings

as Sconset Sal

TV
1990
Cry-Baby

as Ramona Rickettes

Movie
1990
Rockula

as Chuck the Bartender

Movie
1989
Far from Home

as Agnes Reed

Movie
1988
Tapeheads

as Nikki Morton

Movie
1988
Big Top Pee-wee

as Midge Montana

Movie
1988
The Underachievers

as Mrs. Grant

Movie
1987Movie
1987
The Chipmunk Adventure

as Claudia Furschtien (voice)

Movie
1987
Poker Alice

as Mad Mary

Movie
1986Movie
1986TV
1986Movie
1985
Flesh + Blood

as Celine

Movie
1985
Avenging Angel

as Solly Mosler

Movie
1984
Jealousy

as Dixie

Movie
1984
Angel

as Solly Mosler

Movie
1983TV
1983
Fire and Ice

as Juliana (voice)

Movie
1982Movie
1982
Forbidden Zone

as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension

Movie
1982
Liar's Moon

as Lora Mae Bouvier

Movie
1981
Open All Night

as Gretchen Feester

TV
1981Movie
1981
Subway Riders

as Eleanor Langley

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Midnight Lace

as Ann Galvin

Movie
1981
Document of the Dead

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1979
Racquet

as Miss Baxter

Movie
1978Movie
1978
Loose Shoes

as Boobies

Movie
1977
September 30, 1955

as Melba Lou

Movie
1977
Bad

as Mary Aiken

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Wizards

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1976
The Killer Inside Me

as Joyce Lakeland

Movie
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Annie / Isabelle Oates

TV
1975TV
1974
To Kill the King

as Maggie Van Birchard

Movie
1974
Zandy's Bride

as Marai Cordova

Movie
1974
Catch My Soul

as Emilia

Movie
1973
Kojak

as Mary Torino

TV
1972
Fat City

as Oma

Movie
1971
Nichols

as Caralee

TV
1971
The Steagle

as Louise

Movie
1971
Shoot Out

as Alma

Movie
1963
Mr. Novak

as Phyllis Freuchen

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Jill Conway

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 18, 1945
Day of DeathJune 16, 2012
Place of BirthSan Francisco, California, USA
Popularity1.0