Susan Tyrrell

Personal Info

Birthday

March 18, 1945

Day of Death

2012-06-16

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Susan Tyrell

Susan Jillian Creamer

Сюзан Тайррелл

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."

Known For

Bonanza

Tales from the Crypt

Kojak

Wings

Starsky & Hutch

I Am Weasel

Nichols

Extreme Ghostbusters

Filmography

2024
The Life of Sean DeLear
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Kid-Thing
as Esther
2010
Flexing with Monty
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
2008
The Boneyard Collection
as High Priestess
2003
Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
2000
Buddy Boy
as Sal
1998
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Alicia Pillsbury
1997
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
1995
Powder
as Maxine
Digital Man
as Mildred
The Demolitionist
as Eleanor Grimbaum
1992
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
as The Woman
1991
Motorama
as Bartender
1990
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
as Chuck the Bartender
1989
Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
1988
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
The Underachievers
as Mrs. Grant
1987
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
Poker Alice
as Mad Mary
1986
The Christmas Star
as Sara
Thompson's Last Run
as Pookie
1985
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
1984
Angel
as Solly Mosler
Jealousy
as Dixie
1983
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
as Bunny
1982
Fast-Walking
as Evie
Liar's Moon
as Lora Mae Bouvier
1981
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
Subway Riders
as Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
Midnight Lace
as Ann Galvin
Document of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
1980
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
1979
Racquet
as Miss Baxter
1978
Lady of the House
as Helen
Loose Shoes
as Boobies
1977
Another Man, Another Chance
as Alice
September 30, 1955
as Melba Lou
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Lee
Bad
as Mary Aiken
Islands in the Stream
as Lil
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976
The Killer Inside Me
as Joyce Lakeland
1974
To Kill the King
as Maggie Van Birchard
Zandy's Bride
as Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
as Emilia
1972
Fat City
as Oma
1971
The Steagle
as Louise
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
as Jack
Shoot Out
as Alma