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
Relax... It's Just Sex
Lora Mae Bouvier
Liar's Moon
Every Cake, Neil
Chuck the Bartender
Rockula
Jack
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
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