Susan Tyrrell
Acting1945San 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."
Known For
Acting History
2024
The Life of Sean DeLear
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Kid-Thing
as Esther
2010
Flexing with Monty
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
2008
The Boneyard Collection
as High Priestess
2003
Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
2000
Buddy Boy
as Sal
1998
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Alicia
1997
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
I Am Weasel
TVas Madame DeBarge (voice)• 1 eps
Extreme Ghostbusters
TVas Achira (voice)• 2 eps
1995
Digital Man
as Mildred
Powder
as Maxine
The Demolitionist
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Mona• 1 eps
1992
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
as The Woman
Wings
TVas Sconset Sal• 1 eps
1991
Motorama
as Bartender
1989
Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
1988
1987
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
Poker Alice
as Mad Mary
The Hitchhiker
TVas Doris• 1 eps
1986
1985
Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
1983
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
as Bunny
1982
Liar's Moon
as Lora Mae Bouvier
Fast-Walking
as Evie
1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
Midnight Lace
as Ann Galvin
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
Document of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
Subway Riders
as Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
Open All Night
TVas Gretchen Feester
1980
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
1979
Racquet
as Miss Baxter
1978
1977
Bad
as Mary Aiken
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
September 30, 1955
as Melba Lou
Islands in the Stream
as Lil
Another Man, Another Chance
as Alice
Starsky & Hutch
TVas Annie / Isabelle Oates• 1 eps
1976
The Killer Inside Me
as Joyce Lakeland
1975
1974
1972
Fat City
as Oma
1971
1964
Mr. Novak
TVas Phyllis Freuchen• 1 eps