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."

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2024

The Life of Sean DeLear
The Life of Sean DeLear
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 6/20/2024

2012

Kid-Thing
Kid-Thing
as Esther
Movie - Released: 1/23/2012

2010

Flexing with Monty
Flexing with Monty
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/5/2010

2008

The Boneyard Collection
The Boneyard Collection
as High Priestess
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008

2003

Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
Movie - Released: 7/25/2003

2000

Buddy Boy
Buddy Boy
as Sal
Movie - Released: 3/24/2000

1998

Relax... It's Just Sex
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Alicia Pillsbury
Movie - Released: 6/28/1998

1997

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
Movie - Released: 7/1/1997
Movie
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Movie - Released: 7/4/1997
Cow and Chicken
Cow and Chicken
TV - Released: 9/16/1997
Extreme Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters
as Achira (voice)
TV - Released: 9/1/1997
I Am Weasel
I Am Weasel
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
TV - Released: 7/22/1997

1996

Japan in Paris in L.A.
Japan in Paris in L.A.
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

1995

The Demolitionist
The Demolitionist
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Movie - Released: 3/9/1995
Digital Man
Digital Man
as Mildred
Movie - Released: 9/5/1995
Powder
Powder
as Maxine
Movie - Released: 10/27/1995

1992

Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
as The Woman
Movie - Released: 3/11/1992

1991

Motorama
Motorama
as Bartender
Movie - Released: 9/10/1991
Every Cake, Neil
Every Cake, Neil
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1990

Cry-Baby
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
Movie - Released: 4/6/1990
Rockula
Rockula
as Chuck the Bartender
Movie - Released: 2/23/1990
Wings
Wings
as Sconset Sal
TV - Released: 4/19/1990

1989

Far from Home
Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
Movie - Released: 6/30/1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
as Mona
TV - Released: 6/10/1989

1988

Big Top Pee-wee
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
Movie - Released: 7/22/1988
Tapeheads
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
Movie - Released: 10/21/1988
The Underachievers
The Underachievers
as Mrs. Grant
Movie - Released: 6/1/1988

1987

From a Whisper to a Scream
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
Movie - Released: 9/25/1987
Poker Alice
Poker Alice
as Mad Mary
Movie - Released: 5/21/1987
The Chipmunk Adventure
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/22/1987

1986

The Christmas Star
The Christmas Star
as Sara
Movie - Released: 12/14/1986
Thompson's Last Run
Thompson's Last Run
as Pookie
Movie - Released: 2/16/1986
If Tomorrow Comes
If Tomorrow Comes
as Bertha
TV - Released: 3/16/1986

1985

Flesh + Blood
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
Movie - Released: 8/30/1985
Avenging Angel
Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
Movie - Released: 1/11/1985

1984

Angel
Angel
as Solly Mosler
Movie - Released: 4/19/1984
Jealousy
Jealousy
as Dixie
Movie - Released: 1/23/1984

1983

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
as Bunny
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983
Fire and Ice
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/25/1983
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker
as Doris
TV - Released: 11/1/1983

1982

Fast-Walking
Fast-Walking
as Evie
Movie - Released: 5/11/1982
Liar's Moon
Liar's Moon
as Lora Mae Bouvier
Movie - Released: 1/15/1982

1981

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
Movie - Released: 11/20/1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
Movie - Released: 9/11/1981
Subway Riders
Subway Riders
as Eleanor Langley
Movie - Released: 4/2/1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/4/1981
Document of the Dead
Document of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/19/1981
Midnight Lace
Midnight Lace
as Ann Galvin
Movie - Released: 2/9/1981
Open All Night
Open All Night
as Gretchen Feester
TV - Released: 11/28/1981

1980

Forbidden Zone
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Movie - Released: 3/15/1980

1979

Racquet
Racquet
as Miss Baxter
Movie - Released: 12/30/1979

1978

Lady of the House
Lady of the House
as Helen
Movie - Released: 11/14/1978
Loose Shoes
Loose Shoes
as Boobies
Movie - Released: 9/1/1978
Flying High
Flying High
TV - Released: 9/29/1978

1977

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Lee
Movie - Released: 7/14/1977
Bad
Bad
as Mary Aiken
Movie - Released: 5/4/1977
September 30, 1955
September 30, 1955
as Melba Lou
Movie - Released: 8/19/1977
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
as Lil
Movie - Released: 3/9/1977
Another Man, Another Chance
Another Man, Another Chance
as Alice
Movie - Released: 9/28/1977
Wizards
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/9/1977

1976

The Killer Inside Me
The Killer Inside Me
as Joyce Lakeland
Movie - Released: 10/1/1976

1975

Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
TV - Released: 9/10/1975
Baretta
Baretta
TV - Released: 1/17/1975

1974

Zandy's Bride
Zandy's Bride
as Marai Cordova
Movie - Released: 5/19/1974
Catch My Soul
Catch My Soul
as Emilia
Movie - Released: 3/22/1974
To Kill the King
To Kill the King
as Maggie Van Birchard
Movie - Released: 9/13/1974

1973

Kojak
Kojak
as Mary Torino
TV - Released: 10/24/1973

1972

Fat City
Fat City
as Oma
Movie - Released: 7/26/1972

1971

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Jack
Movie - Released: 9/15/1971
Shoot Out
Shoot Out
as Alma
Movie - Released: 7/2/1971
The Steagle
The Steagle
as Louise
Movie - Released: 9/15/1971
Nichols
Nichols
as Caralee
TV - Released: 9/16/1971

1963

The Patty Duke Show
The Patty Duke Show
TV - Released: 9/18/1963
Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
as Phyllis Freuchen
TV - Released: 9/24/1963

1959

Bonanza
Bonanza
as Jill Conway
TV - Released: 9/12/1959