Susan Tyrrell

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."

On screen

  • The Life of Sean DeLear
  • Kid-Thing
  • Flexing with Monty
  • The Boneyard Collection
  • Masked and Anonymous
  • Buddy Boy
  • Relax... It's Just Sex
  • Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
  • Japan in Paris in L.A.
  • The Demolitionist
  • Digital Man
  • Powder
  • Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
  • Motorama
  • Every Cake, Neil
  • Cry-Baby
  • Rockula
  • Far from Home
  • Big Top Pee-wee
  • Tapeheads
  • The Underachievers
  • From a Whisper to a Scream
  • Poker Alice
  • The Chipmunk Adventure
  • The Christmas Star
  • Thompson's Last Run
  • Flesh + Blood
  • Avenging Angel
  • Angel
  • Jealousy
  • What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
  • Fire and Ice
  • Forbidden Zone
  • Fast-Walking
  • Liar's Moon
  • Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
  • Tales of Ordinary Madness
  • Subway Riders
  • Be Pretty and Shut Up!
  • Document of the Dead
  • Midnight Lace
  • Racquet
  • Lady of the House
  • Loose Shoes
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
  • Bad
  • September 30, 1955
  • Islands in the Stream
  • Another Man, Another Chance
  • Wizards
  • The Killer Inside Me
  • Zandy's Bride
  • Catch My Soul
  • To Kill the King
  • Fat City
  • Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
  • Shoot Out
  • The Steagle

Behind the camera

  • Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta

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