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."

The Life of Sean DeLear
2024
Self (archive footage)
Kid-Thing
2012
Esther
Flexing with Monty
2010
Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
2008
High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
2003
Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
2000
Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
Alicia Pillsbury
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
Mrs. B
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
The Demolitionist
1995
Eleanor Grimbaum
Digital Man
1995
Mildred
Powder
1995
Maxine
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992
Book
Motorama
1991
Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Cry-Baby
1990
Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
1990
Chuck the Bartender
Far from Home
1989
Agnes Reed
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
Midge Montana
Tapeheads
1988
Nikki Morton
The Underachievers
1988
Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
Beth Chandler
Poker Alice
1987
Mad Mary
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
The Christmas Star
1986
Sara
Thompson's Last Run
1986
Pookie
Flesh + Blood
1985
Celine
Avenging Angel
1985
Solly Mosler
Angel
1984
Solly Mosler
Jealousy
1984
Dixie
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
Bunny
Fire and Ice
1983
Juliana (voice)
Fast-Walking
1982
Evie
Liar's Moon
1982
Lora Mae Bouvier
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
Vera
Subway Riders
1981
Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
Self
Document of the Dead
1981
Narrator (voice)
Midnight Lace
1981
Ann Galvin
Forbidden Zone
1980
Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Racquet
1979
Miss Baxter
Lady of the House
1978
Helen
Loose Shoes
1978
Boobies
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
Lee
Bad
1977
Mary Aiken
September 30, 1955
1977
Melba Lou
Islands in the Stream
1977
Lil
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Alice
Wizards
1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Killer Inside Me
1976
Joyce Lakeland
Zandy's Bride
1974
Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
1974
Emilia
To Kill the King
1974
Maggie Van Birchard
Fat City
1972
Oma
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
Jack
Shoot Out
1971
Alma
The Steagle
1971
Louise