Susan Tyrrell
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
The Life of Sean DeLear
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Kid-Thing
2012
as Esther
Flexing with Monty
2010
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
2000
as Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
as Alicia
- No poster
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
as Mrs. B
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
Powder
1995
as Maxine
Digital Man
1995
as Mildred
The Demolitionist
1995
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992
as The Woman
Motorama
1991
as Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Cry-Baby
1990
as Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
1990
as Chuck the Bartender
Far from Home
1989
as Agnes Reed
Tapeheads
1988
as Nikki Morton
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Midge Montana
The Underachievers
1988
as Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
as Beth Chandler
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)