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
Bonanza
Jill Conway
Tales from the Crypt
Mona
Kojak
Mary Torino
Wings
Sconset Sal
Cow and Chicken
Baretta
Starsky & Hutch
Annie / Isabelle Oates
Mr. Novak
Phyllis Freuchen
Flying High
I Am Weasel
Madame DeBarge (voice)
Nichols
Caralee
Extreme Ghostbusters
Achira (voice)
The Patty Duke Show
The Hitchhiker
Doris
Powder
Maxine
If Tomorrow Comes
Bertha
Fire and Ice
Juliana (voice)
Cry-Baby
Ramona Rickettes
Flesh + Blood
Celine
Shoot Out
Alma
Angel
Solly Mosler
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Mrs. B
Masked and Anonymous
Ella the Fortune Teller
Wizards
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Avenging Angel
Solly Mosler
Liar's Moon
Lora Mae Bouvier
Open All Night
Gretchen Feester
Big Top Pee-wee
Midge Montana
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Aunt Cheryl
The Chipmunk Adventure
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Lee
Forbidden Zone
Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Fat City
Oma
The Christmas Star
Sara
Another Man, Another Chance
Alice
Far from Home
Agnes Reed
From a Whisper to a Scream
Beth Chandler
Zandy's Bride
Marai Cordova
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
Motorama
Bartender
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Vera
The Demolitionist
Eleanor Grimbaum
Tapeheads
Nikki Morton
Islands in the Stream
Lil
Relax... It's Just Sex
Alicia Pillsbury
Jealousy
Dixie
Lady of the House
Helen
Bad
Mary Aiken
Rockula
Chuck the Bartender
The Boneyard Collection
High Priestess
Thompson's Last Run
Pookie
Loose Shoes
Boobies
To Kill the King
Maggie Van Birchard
Fast-Walking
Evie
Racquet
Miss Baxter
The Steagle
Louise
The Underachievers
Mrs. Grant
The Life of Sean DeLear
Self (archive footage)
Poker Alice
Mad Mary
Digital Man
Mildred
Subway Riders
Eleanor Langley
September 30, 1955
Melba Lou
The Killer Inside Me
Joyce Lakeland
Catch My Soul
Emilia
Buddy Boy
Sal
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
Jack
Document of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Pink as the Day She Was Born
Kid-Thing
Esther
Midnight Lace
Ann Galvin
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
Bunny
Flexing with Monty
Mrs. Nog (voice)
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
The Woman