Susan Tyrrell

Known for ActingBorn 1945-03-18Died 2012-06-16San Francisco, California, USA

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."Read more

Movies & web series

Tales from the Crypt

What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon

Midnight Lace

To Kill the King

If Tomorrow Comes

I Am Weasel

Bonanza

Cow and Chicken

Starsky & Hutch

Kojak

Powder

Subway Riders

Pink as the Day She Was Born

Mr. Novak

The Chipmunk Adventure

Fat City

Wings

Poker Alice

Extreme Ghostbusters

September 30, 1955

Thompson's Last Run

Fire and Ice

Motorama

Cry-Baby

Flesh + Blood

Kid-Thing

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Document of the Dead

Bad

Islands in the Stream

Baretta

Zandy's Bride

Flying High

The Hitchhiker

Forbidden Zone

Shoot Out

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Nichols

Wizards

Relax... It's Just Sex

Angel

The Patty Duke Show

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Another Man, Another Chance

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

From a Whisper to a Scream

Fast-Walking

The Christmas Star