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."

Known For

Solly Mosler

Angel

Midge Montana

Big Top Pee-wee

Ella the Fortune Teller

Masked and Anonymous

Nikki Morton

Tapeheads

Celine

Flesh + Blood

Ramona Rickettes

Cry-Baby

Agnes Reed

Far from Home

Sara

The Christmas Star

Joyce Lakeland

The Killer Inside Me

Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension

Forbidden Zone

Evie

Fast-Walking

Oma

Fat City

Lee

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Beth Chandler

From a Whisper to a Scream

Mary Aiken

Bad

Solly Mosler

Avenging Angel

Bartender

Motorama

Mrs. B

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

Aunt Cheryl

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Vera

Storie di ordinaria follia

Melba Lou

September 30, 1955

Lil

Islands in the Stream

Esther

Kid-Thing

Alicia Pillsbury

Relax... It's Just Sex

Lora Mae Bouvier

Liar's Moon

Every Cake, Neil

Jack

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Chuck the Bartender

Rockula

Marai Cordova

Zandy's Bride

Alma

Shoot Out

Eleanor Grimbaum

The Demolitionist

Sal

Buddy Boy

Japan in Paris in L.A.

Alice

Un autre homme, une autre chance

Mad Mary

Poker Alice

Eleanor Langley

Subway Riders

Mrs. Grant

The Underachievers

Emilia

Catch My Soul

Pink as the Day She Was Born

Miss Baxter

Racquet

Self

Sois belle et tais-toi !

Mrs. Nog (voice)

Flexing with Monty

Helen

Lady of the House

Self (archive footage)

The Life of Sean DeLear

The Woman

Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta

Mildred

Digital Man

Bunny

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon

Claudia Furschtien (voice)

The Chipmunk Adventure

Narrator (voice)

Document of the Dead

Maxine

Powder

Maggie Van Birchard

To Kill the King

Pookie

Thompson's Last Run

Louise

The Steagle

Boobies

Loose Shoes

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Wizards

High Priestess

The Boneyard Collection

Juliana (voice)

Fire and Ice

Dixie

Jealousy

Ann Galvin

Midnight Lace

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

59

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-03-18

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Susan Tyrell