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