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Susan Tyrrell

Susan Tyrrell

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."

The Life of Sean DeLear

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Kid-Thing

2012

as Esther

Flexing with Monty

2010

as Mrs. Nog (voice)

The Boneyard Collection

2008

as High Priestess

Masked and Anonymous

2003

as Ella the Fortune Teller

Buddy Boy

2000

as Sal

Relax... It's Just Sex

1998

as Alicia Pillsbury

Cow and Chicken

1997

Extreme Ghostbusters

1997

as Achira (voice)

I Am Weasel

1997

as Madame DeBarge (voice)

Pink as the Day She Was Born

1997

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

1997

as Mrs. B

Japan in Paris in L.A.

1996

Powder

1995

as Maxine

Digital Man

1995

as Mildred

The Demolitionist

1995

as Eleanor Grimbaum

Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta

1992

as The Woman

Motorama

1991

as Bartender

Every Cake, Neil

1991

Wings

1990

as Sconset Sal

Cry-Baby

1990

as Ramona Rickettes

Rockula

1990

as Chuck the Bartender

Far from Home

1989

as Agnes Reed

Tales from the Crypt

1989

as Mona

Tapeheads

1988

as Nikki Morton

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

as Midge Montana

The Underachievers

1988

as Mrs. Grant

From a Whisper to a Scream

1987

as Beth Chandler

The Chipmunk Adventure

1987

as Claudia Furschtien (voice)

Poker Alice

1987

as Mad Mary

The Christmas Star

1986

as Sara

If Tomorrow Comes

1986

as Bertha

Thompson's Last Run

1986

as Pookie

Flesh + Blood

1985

as Celine

Avenging Angel

1985

as Solly Mosler

Angel

1984

as Dolly Mosler

Jealousy

1984

as Dixie

The Hitchhiker

1983

as Doris

Fire and Ice

1983

as Juliana (voice)

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon

1983

as Bunny

Fast-Walking

1982

as Evie

Liar's Moon

1982

as Lora Mae Bouvier

Open All Night

1981

as Gretchen Feester

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

as Aunt Cheryl

Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

as Vera

Subway Riders

1981

as Eleanor Langley

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

as Self

Midnight Lace

1981

as Ann Galvin

Document of the Dead

1981

as Narrator (voice)

Forbidden Zone

1980

as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension

Racquet

1979

as Miss Baxter

Lady of the House

1978

as Helen

Flying High

1978

Loose Shoes

1978

as Boobies

Another Man, Another Chance

1977

as Alice

September 30, 1955

1977

as Melba Lou

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

1977

as Lee

Bad

1977

as Mary Aiken

Islands in the Stream

1977

as Lil

Wizards

1977

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Killer Inside Me

1976

as Joyce Lakeland

Starsky & Hutch

1975

as Annie / Isabelle Oates

Baretta

1975

To Kill the King

1974

as Maggie Van Birchard

Zandy's Bride

1974

as Marai Cordova

Catch My Soul

1974

as Emilia

Kojak

1973

as Mary Torino

Fat City

1972

as Oma

Nichols

1971

as Caralee

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

1971

as Jack

The Steagle

1971

as Louise

Shoot Out

1971

as Alma

Mr. Novak

1963

as Phyllis Freuchen

The Patty Duke Show

1963