Susan Tyrrell
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1945-03-18 – 2012-06-16
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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."
Known for
Angel
1984Solly Mosler
Big Top Pee-wee
1988Midge Montana
Masked and Anonymous
2003Ella the Fortune Teller
Tapeheads
1988Nikki Morton
Flesh + Blood
1985Celine
Cry-Baby
1990Ramona Rickettes
Far from Home
1989Agnes Reed
The Christmas Star
1986Sara
The Killer Inside Me
1976Joyce Lakeland
Forbidden Zone
1980Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Fast-Walking
1982Evie
Fat City
1972Oma
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977Lee
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987Beth Chandler
Bad
1977Mary Aiken
Avenging Angel
1985Solly Mosler
Motorama
1991Bartender
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997Mrs. B
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981Aunt Cheryl