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."

Cast

Angel

(Solly Mosler)

Big Top Pee-wee

(Midge Montana)

Masked and Anonymous

(Ella the Fortune Teller)

Tapeheads

(Nikki Morton)

Flesh + Blood

(Celine)

Cry-Baby

(Ramona Rickettes)

Far from Home

(Agnes Reed)

The Christmas Star

(Sara)

The Killer Inside Me

(Joyce Lakeland)

Forbidden Zone

(Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension)

Fast-Walking

(Evie)

Fat City

(Oma)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

(Lee)

From a Whisper to a Scream

(Beth Chandler)

Bad

(Mary Aiken)

Avenging Angel

(Solly Mosler)

Motorama

(Bartender)

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

(Mrs. B)

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

(Aunt Cheryl)

Tales of Ordinary Madness

(Vera)

September 30, 1955

(Melba Lou)

Islands in the Stream

(Lil)

Kid-Thing

(Esther)

Relax... It's Just Sex

(Alicia Pillsbury)

Liar's Moon

(Lora Mae Bouvier)

Every Cake, Neil

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

(Jack)

Rockula

(Chuck the Bartender)

Zandy's Bride

(Marai Cordova)

Shoot Out

(Alma)

The Demolitionist

(Eleanor Grimbaum)

Buddy Boy

(Sal)

Japan in Paris in L.A.

Another Man, Another Chance

(Alice)

Poker Alice

(Mad Mary)

Subway Riders

(Eleanor Langley)

The Underachievers

(Mrs. Grant)

Catch My Soul

(Emilia)

Pink as the Day She Was Born

Racquet

(Miss Baxter)

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

(Self)

Flexing with Monty

(Mrs. Nog (voice))

Lady of the House

(Helen)

The Life of Sean DeLear

(Self (archive footage))

Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta

(The Woman)

Digital Man

(Mildred)

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon

(Bunny)

The Chipmunk Adventure

(Claudia Furschtien (voice))

Document of the Dead

(Narrator (voice))

Powder

(Maxine)

To Kill the King

(Maggie Van Birchard)

Thompson's Last Run

(Pookie)

The Steagle

(Louise)

Loose Shoes

(Boobies)

Wizards

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))

The Boneyard Collection

(High Priestess)

Fire and Ice

(Juliana (voice))

Jealousy

(Dixie)

Midnight Lace

(Ann Galvin)

Starsky & Hutch

(Annie / Isabelle Oates)

Tales from the Crypt

(Mona)

Kojak

(Mary Torino)

Cow and Chicken

The Hitchhiker

(Doris)

The Patty Duke Show

Mr. Novak

(Phyllis Freuchen)

Open All Night

(Gretchen Feester)

Flying High

Baretta

Extreme Ghostbusters

(Achira (voice))

Nichols

(Caralee)

I Am Weasel

(Madame DeBarge (voice))

If Tomorrow Comes

(Bertha)

Wings

(Sconset Sal)

Bonanza

(Jill Conway)