Susan Tyrrell
Acting
- Born:
- 1945-03-18
- Died:
- 2012-06-16
- Place of birth:
- San Francisco, California, USA
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."
Known For
Filmography
The Life of Sean DeLear
Kid-Thing
Flexing with Monty
The Boneyard Collection
Masked and Anonymous
Buddy Boy
Relax... It's Just Sex
Cow and Chicken
Extreme Ghostbusters
I Am Weasel
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Japan in Paris in L.A.
Powder
Digital Man
The Demolitionist
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
Motorama
Every Cake, Neil
Wings
Cry-Baby
Rockula
Far from Home
Tales from the Crypt
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
Tapeheads
Big Top Pee-wee
The Underachievers
From a Whisper to a Scream
The Chipmunk Adventure
Poker Alice
The Christmas Star
If Tomorrow Comes
Thompson's Last Run
Flesh + Blood
Avenging Angel
Jealousy
Angel
The Hitchhiker
Fire and Ice
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Fast-Walking
Forbidden Zone
Liar's Moon
Open All Night
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Subway Riders
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Midnight Lace
Document of the Dead
Racquet
Lady of the House
Flying High
Loose Shoes
Another Man, Another Chance
September 30, 1955
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Bad
Islands in the Stream
Wizards
The Killer Inside Me
Starsky & Hutch
Baretta
To Kill the King
Zandy's Bride
Catch My Soul
Kojak
Fat City
Nichols
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
The Steagle
Shoot Out
Mr. Novak
The Patty Duke Show
Bonanza