Susan Tyrrell
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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-voiced character actress (with) talent for playing the downtrodden, outré, and grotesque."
Known for
Credits
Powder (1995)
as Maxine
Fire and Ice (1983)
as Juliana (voice)
Flesh + Blood (1985)
as Celine
Cry-Baby (1990)
as Ramona Rickettes
Bad (1977)
as Mary Aiken
The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Angel (1984)
as Solly Mosler
Wizards (1977)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)
as Mrs. B
Shoot Out (1971)
as Alma
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
as Vera
Fat City (1972)
as Oma
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Ella the Fortune Teller
Tapeheads (1988)
as Nikki Morton
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
as Aunt Cheryl
Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
as Midge Montana
Avenging Angel (1985)
as Solly Mosler
Poker Alice (1987)
as Mad Mary
Islands in the Stream (1977)
as Lil
Forbidden Zone (1982)
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
The Christmas Star (1986)
as Sara
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
as Lee
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self
From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)
as Beth Chandler
Digital Man (1995)
as Mildred
Far from Home (1989)
as Agnes Reed
Zandy's Bride (1974)
as Marai Cordova
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
as Joyce Lakeland
Fast-Walking (1982)
as Evie
Loose Shoes (1978)
as Boobies
Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
as Alice
Motorama (1991)
as Bartender
The Demolitionist (1995)
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Subway Riders (1981)
as Eleanor Langley
Liar's Moon (1982)
as Lora Mae Bouvier
Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
as Alicia
September 30, 1955 (1977)
as Melba Lou
The Boneyard Collection (2008)
as High Priestess
Lady of the House (1978)
as Helen
Jealousy (1984)
as Dixie
To Kill the King (1974)
as Maggie Van Birchard
Kid-Thing (2012)
as Esther
Racquet (1979)
as Miss Baxter
The Steagle (1971)
as Louise
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)
as Jack
The Underachievers (1988)
as Mrs. Grant
Buddy Boy (2000)
as Sal
Document of the Dead (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
Catch My Soul (1974)
as Emilia
Thompson's Last Run (1986)
as Pookie
Flexing with Monty (2010)
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
Midnight Lace (1981)
as Ann Galvin
Every Cake, Neil (1991)
Actor
Rockula (1990)
as Chuck the Bartender
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta (1992)
as The Woman
The Life of Sean DeLear (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon (1983)
as Bunny
Pink as the Day She Was Born (1997)
Actor
Japan in Paris in L.A. (1996)
Actor