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."
Acted in
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 Solly 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
Bonanza
1959
as Jill Conway