Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born March 18, 1945
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."
MovieThe Life of Sean DeLear
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieKid-Thing
2012
as Esther
MovieFlexing with Monty
2010
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
MovieThe Boneyard Collection
2008
as High Priestess
MovieMasked and Anonymous
2003
as Ella the Fortune Teller
MovieBuddy Boy
2000
as Sal
MovieRelax... It's Just Sex
1998
as Alicia
TVCow and Chicken
1997
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
TVExtreme Ghostbusters
1997
as Achira (voice)
TVI Am Weasel
1997
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
MoviePoison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
as Mrs. B
MovieJapan in Paris in L.A.
1996
MoviePowder
1995
as Maxine
MovieDigital Man
1995
as Mildred
MovieThe Demolitionist
1995
as Eleanor Grimbaum
MovieSusan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992
as The Woman
MovieMotorama
1991
as Bartender
MovieEvery Cake, Neil
1991
TVWings
1990
as Sconset Sal
MovieCry-Baby
1990
as Ramona Rickettes
MovieRockula
1990
as Chuck the Bartender
MovieFar from Home
1989
as Agnes Reed
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Mona
TVSkip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
MovieTapeheads
1988
as Nikki Morton
MovieBig Top Pee-wee
1988
as Midge Montana
MovieThe Underachievers
1988
as Mrs. Grant
MovieFrom a Whisper to a Scream
1987
as Beth Chandler
MovieThe Chipmunk Adventure
1987
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
MoviePoker Alice
1987
as Mad Mary
MovieThe Christmas Star
1986
as Sara
TVIf Tomorrow Comes
1986
as Bertha
MovieThompson's Last Run
1986
as Pookie
MovieFlesh + Blood
1985
as Celine
MovieAvenging Angel
1985
as Solly Mosler
MovieJealousy
1984
as Dixie
MovieAngel
1984
as Solly Mosler
TVThe Hitchhiker
1983
as Doris
MovieFire and Ice
1983
as Juliana (voice)
MovieWhat's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
as Bunny
MovieFast-Walking
1982
as Evie
MovieForbidden Zone
1982
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
MovieLiar's Moon
1982
as Lora Mae Bouvier
TVOpen All Night
1981
as Gretchen Feester
MovieButcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
as Aunt Cheryl
MovieTales of Ordinary Madness
1981
as Vera
MovieSubway Riders
1981
as Eleanor Langley
MovieBe Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self
MovieMidnight Lace
1981
as Ann Galvin
MovieDocument of the Dead
1981
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRacquet
1979
as Miss Baxter
MovieLady of the House
1978
as Helen
TVFlying High
1978
MovieLoose Shoes
1978
as Boobies
MovieAnother Man, Another Chance
1977
as Alice
MovieSeptember 30, 1955
1977
as Melba Lou
MovieI Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Lee
MovieBad
1977
as Mary Aiken
MovieIslands in the Stream
1977
as Lil
MovieWizards
1977
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Killer Inside Me
1976
as Joyce Lakeland
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
TVBaretta
1975
MovieTo Kill the King
1974
as Maggie Van Birchard
MovieZandy's Bride
1974
as Marai Cordova
MovieCatch My Soul
1974
as Emilia
TVKojak
1973
as Mary Torino
MovieFat City
1972
as Oma
TVNichols
1971
as Caralee
MovieBeen Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
as Jack
MovieThe Steagle
1971
as Louise
MovieShoot Out
1971
as Alma
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Phyllis Freuchen
TVThe Patty Duke Show
1963
TVBonanza
1959
as Jill Conway
