Susan Tyrrell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
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
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
as Mrs. B
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
as Achira (voice)
I Am Weasel
1997
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
Cow and Chicken
1997
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
The Demolitionist
1995
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Digital Man
1995
as Mildred
Powder
1995
as Maxine
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
Wings
1990
as Sconset Sal
Far from Home
1989
as Agnes Reed
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mona
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Midge Montana
Tapeheads
1988
as Nikki Morton
The Underachievers
1988
as Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
as Beth Chandler
Poker Alice
1987
as Mad Mary
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
The Christmas Star
1986
as Sara
Thompson's Last Run
1986
as Pookie
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
as Bertha
Flesh + Blood
1985
as Celine
Avenging Angel
1985
as Solly Mosler
Angel
1984
as Solly Mosler
Jealousy
1984
as Dixie
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
as Bunny
Fire and Ice
1983
as Juliana (voice)
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Doris
Forbidden Zone
1982
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Fast-Walking
1982
as Evie
Liar's Moon
1982
as Lora Mae Bouvier
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
as Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
as Vera
Subway Riders
1981
as Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
Document of the Dead
1981
as Narrator (voice)
Midnight Lace
1981
as Ann Galvin
Open All Night
1981
as Gretchen Feester
Racquet
1979
as Miss Baxter
Lady of the House
1978
as Helen
Loose Shoes
1978
as Boobies
Flying High
1978
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Lee
Bad
1977
as Mary Aiken
September 30, 1955
1977
as Melba Lou
Islands in the Stream
1977
as Lil
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
as Alice
Wizards
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Joyce Lakeland
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
Baretta
1975
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
1974
as Emilia
To Kill the King
1974
as Maggie Van Birchard
Kojak
1973
as Mary Torino
Fat City
1972
as Oma
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
as Jack
Shoot Out
1971
as Alma
The Steagle
1971
as Louise
Nichols
1971
as Caralee
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Mr. Novak
1963
as Phyllis Freuchen
Bonanza
1959
as Jill Conway