Susan Tyrrell
Acting
🎂 1945-03-18
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."
Cast credits(75)
Jill Conway
1959
1997
Sconset Sal
1990
Mary Torino
1973
Mona
1989
Annie / Isabelle Oates
1975
1975
Caralee
1971
Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997
Phyllis Freuchen
1963
1978
1963
Achira (voice)
1997
Doris
1983
Maxine
1995
Lora Mae Bouvier
1982
Juliana (voice)
1983
Ramona Rickettes
1990
Bertha
1986
Celine
1985
Solly Mosler
1984
Mrs. B
1997
Alma
1971
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977
Ella the Fortune Teller
2003
Midge Montana
1988
Solly Mosler
1985
Gretchen Feester
1981
Aunt Cheryl
1981
Claudia Furschtien (voice)
1987
Alice
1977
Bartender
1991
Eleanor Grimbaum
1995
Nikki Morton
1988
Beth Chandler
1987
Mary Aiken
1977
Lil
1977
Agnes Reed
1989
Oma
1972
Marai Cordova
1974
Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
1980
Sara
1986
Alicia Pillsbury
1998
Self
1981
Lee
1977
Boobies
1978
Vera
1981
Joyce Lakeland
1976
Evie
1982
Chuck the Bartender
1990
High Priestess
2008
Dixie
1984
Esther
2012
Miss Baxter
1979
Self (archive footage)
2024
1991
Maggie Van Birchard
1974
Mrs. Grant
1988
Helen
1978
Emilia
1974
Louise
1971
Mildred
1995
Mad Mary
1987
Sal
2000
Melba Lou
1977
Pookie
1986
Jack
1971
Eleanor Langley
1981
Ann Galvin
1981
Bunny
1983
Mrs. Nog (voice)
2010
Narrator (voice)
1981
1997
The Woman
1992
1996