Susan Tyrrell
ActingAlso Known As
Susan Tyrell, Susan Jillian Creamer, Сюзан Тайррелл
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."
Movies
(59 total)
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
Powder
as Maxine
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Fat City
as Oma
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
Angel
as Solly Mosler
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
Shoot Out
as Alma
Motorama
as Bartender
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
Bad
as Mary Aiken
TV Shows
(17 total)
Tales from the Crypt
as Mona
Bonanza
as Jill Conway
I Am Weasel
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
Starsky & Hutch
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
Wings
as Sconset Sal
Kojak
as Mary Torino
Extreme Ghostbusters
as Achira (voice)
The Hitchhiker
as Doris
If Tomorrow Comes
as Bertha
Mr. Novak
as Phyllis Freuchen
Open All Night
as Gretchen Feester
Nichols
as Caralee
