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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."

Known For: Acting

Born: San Francisco, California, USA, 1945-03-18

Died: 2012-06-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Shoot Out	Alma	63
2	1971	Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me	Jack	32
3	1971	The Steagle	Louise	48
4	1972	Fat City	Oma	70
5	1974	Catch My Soul	Emilia	54
6	1974	Zandy's Bride	Marai Cordova	63
7	1974	To Kill the King	Maggie Van Birchard	70
8	1976	The Killer Inside Me	Joyce Lakeland	45
9	1977	Wizards	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	62
10	1977	Islands in the Stream	Lil	64
11	1977	Bad	Mary Aiken	63
12	1977	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Lee	60
13	1977	September 30, 1955	Melba Lou	66
14	1977	Another Man, Another Chance	Alice	60
15	1978	Loose Shoes	Boobies	35
16	1978	Lady of the House	Helen	0
17	1979	Racquet	Miss Baxter	44
18	1980	Forbidden Zone	Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension	63
19	1981	Document of the Dead	Narrator (voice)	65
20	1981	Midnight Lace	Ann Galvin	60
21	1981	Be Pretty and Shut Up!	Self	63
22	1981	Subway Riders	Eleanor Langley	65
23	1981	Tales of Ordinary Madness	Vera	61
24	1981	Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker	Aunt Cheryl	66
25	1982	Liar's Moon	Lora Mae Bouvier	53
26	1982	Fast-Walking	Evie	59
27	1983	What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon	Bunny	50
28	1983	Fire and Ice	Juliana (voice)	67
29	1984	Jealousy	Dixie	27
30	1984	Angel	Solly Mosler	60
31	1985	Avenging Angel	Solly Mosler	50
32	1985	Flesh + Blood	Celine	66
33	1986	Thompson's Last Run	Pookie	0
34	1986	The Christmas Star	Sara	56
35	1987	Poker Alice	Mad Mary	63
36	1987	The Chipmunk Adventure	Claudia Furschtien (voice)	68
37	1987	From a Whisper to a Scream	Beth Chandler	57
38	1988	The Underachievers	Mrs. Grant	48
39	1988	Big Top Pee-wee	Midge Montana	49
40	1988	Tapeheads	Nikki Morton	52
41	1989	Far from Home	Agnes Reed	53
42	1990	Rockula	Chuck the Bartender	48
43	1990	Cry-Baby	Ramona Rickettes	65
44	1991	Every Cake, Neil		0
45	1991	Motorama	Bartender	65
46	1992	Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta	The Woman	0
47	1995	The Demolitionist	Eleanor Grimbaum	49
48	1995	Digital Man	Mildred	48
49	1995	Powder	Maxine	70
50	1996	Japan in Paris in L.A.		0
51	1997	Poison Ivy: The New Seduction	Mrs. B	47
52	1997	Pink as the Day She Was Born		0
53	1998	Relax... It's Just Sex	Alicia Pillsbury	59
54	2000	Buddy Boy	Sal	48
55	2003	Masked and Anonymous	Ella the Fortune Teller	50
56	2008	The Boneyard Collection	High Priestess	53
57	2010	Flexing with Monty	Mrs. Nog (voice)	32
58	2012	Kid-Thing	Esther	62
59	2024	The Life of Sean DeLear	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Bonanza	Jill Conway	75
2	1963	The Patty Duke Show		58
3	1963	Mr. Novak	Phyllis Freuchen	65
4	1971	Nichols	Caralee	50
5	1973	Kojak	Mary Torino	70
6	1975	Baretta		63
7	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Annie / Isabelle Oates	73
8	1978	Flying High		45
9	1981	Open All Night	Gretchen Feester	35
10	1983	The Hitchhiker	Doris	61
11	1986	If Tomorrow Comes	Bertha	72
12	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Mona	80
13	1990	Wings	Sconset Sal	69
14	1997	I Am Weasel	Madame DeBarge (voice)	72
15	1997	Extreme Ghostbusters	Achira (voice)	65
16	1997	Cow and Chicken		71