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Susan Tyrrell 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."
Birth Name
Susan Jillian Creamer
Born
Sunday, 18 March 1945
Died
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Kid-Thing | Esther | 2013 |
| Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape | Self | 2010 |
| Confessions of a Horror Baby | Cheryl Roberts | 2010 |
| Flexing with Monty | Mrs. Nog (voice) / Mrs. Nog | 2010 |
| The Boneyard Collection | High Priestess | 2008 |
| Masked and Anonymous | Ella the Fortune Teller | 2003 |
| Buddy Boy | Sal | 1999 |
| Relax... It's Just Sex | Alicia Pillsbury | 1998 |
| Extreme Ghostbusters | Achira | 1997 |
| I Am Weasel | Madame DeBarge | 1997 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Kid-Thing | Esther | 2013 |
| Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape | Self | 2010 |
| Confessions of a Horror Baby | Cheryl Roberts | 2010 |
| Flexing with Monty | Mrs. Nog (voice) / Mrs. Nog | 2010 |
| The Boneyard Collection | High Priestess | 2008 |
| Masked and Anonymous | Ella the Fortune Teller | 2003 |
| Buddy Boy | Sal | 1999 |
| Relax... It's Just Sex | Alicia Pillsbury | 1998 |
| Extreme Ghostbusters | Achira | 1997 |
| I Am Weasel | Madame DeBarge | 1997 |
| Poison Ivy: The New Seduction | Mrs. B | 1997 |
| Pink as the Day She Was Born | Lana | 1997 |
| Powder | Maxine | 1995 |
| Digital Man | Mildred Hodges / Mildred | 1995 |
| The Demolitionist | Mayor Eleanor Grimbaum / Eleanor Grimbaum | 1995 |
| Motorama | Bartender | 1991 |
| Shades of LA | Rita | 1990 |
| Wings | Sconset Sal | 1990 |
| Cry-Baby | Ramona Rickettes | 1990 |
| Rockula | Chuck the Bartender | 1990 |
| Far from Home | Agnes Reed | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Mona | 1989 |
| Tapeheads | Nikki Morton | 1988 |
| Big Top Pee-wee | Midge Montana | 1988 |
| The Under Achievers | Mrs. Grant | 1988 |
| Windmills of the Gods | Neusa | 1988 |
| From a Whisper to a Scream | Beth Chandler | 1987 |
| Poker Alice | Mad Mary | 1987 |
| The Chipmunk Adventure | Claudia Furschtien | 1987 |
| The Christmas Star | Sara | 1986 |
| If Tomorrow Comes | Bertha | 1986 |
| Thompson's Last Run | Pookie | 1986 |
| Flesh+Blood | Celine | 1985 |
| MacGruder and Loud | Mrs. Skeat | 1985 |
| Avenging Angel | Solly Mosler | 1985 |
| The Killers | Susu, Second Ragpicker | 1984 |
| Jealousy | Dixie | 1984 |
| Angel | Solly Mosler / Mosler | 1983 |
| The Hitchhiker | Doris | 1983 |
| Fire and Ice | Juliana (voice) | 1983 |
| What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon | Bunny | 1983 |
| Fast-Walking | Evie | 1982 |
| Liar's Moon | Lora Mae Bouvier | 1982 |
| Open All Night | Gretchen Feester | 1981 |
| Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker | Cheryl Roberts / Aunt Cheryl | 1981 |
| Storie di ordinaria follia | Vera | 1981 |
| Be Pretty and Shut Up! | Self | 1981 |
| Midnight Lace | Ann Galvin | 1981 |
| Subway Riders | Eleanor Langley | 1981 |
| Document of the Dead | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1981 |
| Forbidden Zone | Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension / Ruth Henderson | 1980 |
| Racquet | Miss Baxter | 1979 |
| Coming Attractions | Boobies | 1978 |
| Flying High | Sam | 1978 |
| Another Man, Another Chance | Alice | 1977 |
| September 30, 1955 | Melba Lou | 1977 |
| I Never Promised You a Rose Garden | Lee | 1977 |
| Bad | Mary Aiken | 1977 |
| Islands in the Stream | Lil | 1977 |
| Wizards | Narrator | 1977 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self - Guest | 1977 |
| The Killer Inside Me | Joyce Lakeland | 1976 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Annie / Isabelle Oates | 1975 |
| Baretta | Pamela / Jenny | 1975 |
| To Kill the King | Maggie Van Birchard | 1974 |
| Zandy's Bride | Marai Cordova / Maria Cordova | 1974 |
| Catch My Soul | Emilia | 1974 |
| Kojak | Mary Torino | 1973 |
| Fat City | Oma | 1972 |
| Nichols | Caralee | 1971 |
| The Steagle | Louise | 1971 |
| Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me | Jack | 1971 |
| Shoot Out | Alma | 1971 |
| Mr. Novak | Phyllis Freuchen | 1963 |
| Bonanza | Mrs. Jill Conway | 1959 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1973 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
