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Susan Tyrrell

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1945-03-18

Deathday: 2012-06-16 (67 years old)

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."

Filmography

all 76

Movies 61

TV Shows 15

Voice 5

self 3

Narrator 1

Self (archive footage)

Susan Tyrrell

Biography

Filmography

all 76

Movies 61

TV Shows 15

Voice 5

self 3

Narrator 1

The Life of Sean DeLear (2024)

Kid-Thing (2012)

Flexing with Monty (2010)

The Boneyard Collection (2008)

Masked and Anonymous (2003)

Buddy Boy (2000)

Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)

Cow and Chicken (1997)

Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)

I Am Weasel (1997)

Pink as the Day She Was Born (1997)

Japan in Paris in L.A. (1996)

Powder (1995)

Digital Man (1995)

The Demolitionist (1995)

Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta (1992)

Motorama (1991)

Every Cake, Neil (1991)

Wings (1990)

Cry-Baby (1990)

Rockula (1990)

Far from Home (1989)

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Tapeheads (1988)

Big Top Pee-wee (1988)

The Underachievers (1988)

From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)

Poker Alice (1987)

The Christmas Star (1986)

If Tomorrow Comes (1986)

Thompson's Last Run (1986)

Flesh + Blood (1985)

Avenging Angel (1985)

The Killers (1984)

Angel (1984)

Jealousy (1984)

The Hitchhiker (1983)

Fire and Ice (1983)

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon (1983)

Fast-Walking (1982)

Liar's Moon (1982)

Open All Night (1981)

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)

Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)

Subway Riders (1981)

Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)

Midnight Lace (1981)

Document of the Dead (1981)

Forbidden Zone (1980)

Racquet (1979)

Lady of the House (1978)

Flying High (1978)

Loose Shoes (1978)

Another Man, Another Chance (1977)

September 30, 1955 (1977)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

Bad (1977)

Islands in the Stream (1977)

Wizards (1977)

The Killer Inside Me (1976)

Starsky & Hutch (1975)

Baretta (1975)

To Kill the King (1974)

Zandy's Bride (1974)

Catch My Soul (1974)

Kojak (1973)

Fat City (1972)

Nichols (1971)

The Steagle (1971)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1945-03-18

Deathday
2012-06-16 (67 years old)

Birth Place
San Francisco, California, USA

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Susan Tyrell, Susan Jillian Creamer