Susan Tyrrell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 18, 1945
- Died
- June 16, 2012
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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."
Filmography
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
- Pink as the Day She Was Born
Pink as the Day She Was Born 1997
Actor
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction 1997
as Mrs. B
Japan in Paris in L.A. 1996
Actor
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, Book, Lyricist, Writer
Motorama 1991
as Bartender
Every Cake, Neil 1991
Actor
Cry-Baby 1990
as Ramona Rickettes
Rockula 1990
as Chuck the Bartender
Far from Home 1989
as Agnes Reed
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
Thompson's Last Run 1986
as Pookie
Flesh + Blood 1985
as Celine
Avenging Angel 1985
as Solly Mosler
Jealousy 1984
as Dixie
Angel 1984
as Solly Mosler
Fire and Ice 1983
as Juliana (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon 1983
as Bunny
Fast-Walking 1982
as Evie
Forbidden Zone 1982
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Liar's Moon 1982
as Lora Mae Bouvier
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)
Racquet 1979
as Miss Baxter
Lady of the House 1978
as Helen
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
To Kill the King 1974
as Maggie Van Birchard
Zandy's Bride 1974
as Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul 1974
as Emilia
Fat City 1972
as Oma
The Steagle 1971
as Louise
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me 1971
as Jack
Shoot Out 1971
as Alma
Credits from TMDB.