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Susan Tyrrell
Acting
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."
BODY OF WORK
Susan Tyrrell's Filmography
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The Life of Sean DeLear
as Self (archive footage)
Kid-Thing
as Esther
Flexing with Monty
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
as High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
as Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Alicia
No Poster
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
Japan in Paris in L.A.
Powder
as Maxine
Digital Man
as Mildred
The Demolitionist
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
as The Woman
Motorama
as Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
as Chuck the Bartender
Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
The Underachievers
as Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Poker Alice
as Mad Mary
The Christmas Star
as Sara
Thompson's Last Run
as Pookie
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
Jealousy
as Dixie
Angel
as Solly Mosler
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
as Bunny
Fast-Walking
as Evie
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Liar's Moon
as Lora Mae Bouvier
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
Subway Riders
as Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
Midnight Lace
as Ann Galvin
Document of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
Racquet
as Miss Baxter
Lady of the House
as Helen
Loose Shoes
as Boobies
Another Man, Another Chance
as Alice
September 30, 1955
as Melba Lou
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Lee
Bad
as Mary Aiken
Islands in the Stream
as Lil
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Killer Inside Me
as Joyce Lakeland
To Kill the King
as Maggie Van Birchard
Zandy's Bride
as Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
as Emilia
Fat City
as Oma
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Jack
The Steagle
as Louise
Shoot Out
as Alma