Susan Tyrrell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 March 1945 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- 16 June 2012
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 59
- 2024The Life of Sean DeLear as Self (archive footage)
- 2012Kid-Thing as Esther
- 2010Flexing with Monty as Mrs. Nog (voice)
- 2008The Boneyard Collection as High Priestess
- 2003Masked and Anonymous as Ella the Fortune Teller
- 2000Buddy Boy as Sal
- 1998Relax... It's Just Sex as Alicia
- 1997Pink as the Day She Was Born
- 1997Poison Ivy: The New Seduction as Mrs. B
- 1996Japan in Paris in L.A.
- 1995Powder as Maxine
- 1995Digital Man as Mildred
- 1995The Demolitionist as Eleanor Grimbaum
- 1992Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta as The Woman
- 1991Motorama as Bartender
- 1991Every Cake, Neil
- 1990Cry-Baby as Ramona Rickettes
- 1990Rockula as Chuck the Bartender
- 1989Far from Home as Agnes Reed
- 1988Tapeheads as Nikki Morton
- 1988Big Top Pee-wee as Midge Montana
- 1988The Underachievers as Mrs. Grant
- 1987From a Whisper to a Scream as Beth Chandler
- 1987The Chipmunk Adventure as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
- 1987Poker Alice as Mad Mary
- 1986The Christmas Star as Sara
- 1986Thompson's Last Run as Pookie
- 1985Flesh + Blood as Celine
- 1985Avenging Angel as Solly Mosler
- 1984Jealousy as Dixie
- 1984Angel as Solly Mosler
- 1983Fire and Ice as Juliana (voice)
- 1983What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon as Bunny
- 1982Fast-Walking as Evie
- 1982Forbidden Zone as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
- 1982Liar's Moon as Lora Mae Bouvier
- 1981Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker as Aunt Cheryl
- 1981Tales of Ordinary Madness as Vera
- 1981Subway Riders as Eleanor Langley
- 1981Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self
- 1981Midnight Lace as Ann Galvin
- 1981Document of the Dead as Narrator (voice)
- 1979Racquet as Miss Baxter
- 1978Lady of the House as Helen
- 1978Loose Shoes as Boobies
- 1977Another Man, Another Chance as Alice
- 1977September 30, 1955 as Melba Lou
- 1977I Never Promised You a Rose Garden as Lee
- 1977Bad as Mary Aiken
- 1977Islands in the Stream as Lil
- 1977Wizards as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1976The Killer Inside Me as Joyce Lakeland
- 1974To Kill the King as Maggie Van Birchard
- 1974Zandy's Bride as Marai Cordova
- 1974Catch My Soul as Emilia
- 1972Fat City as Oma
- 1971The Steagle as Louise
- 1971Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me as Jack
- 1971Shoot Out as Alma
Writing 1
- 1992Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta · lyricist