The Life of Sean DeLear
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Susan Tyrrell
1945-03-18
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San 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."
Filmography
Kid-Thing
2012 · Movie
as Esther
Flexing with Monty
2010 · Movie
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
The Boneyard Collection
2008 · Movie
as High Priestess
Masked and Anonymous
2003 · Movie
as Ella the Fortune Teller
Buddy Boy
2000 · Movie
as Sal
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998 · Movie
as Alicia
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997 · Movie
as Mrs. B
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Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997 · Movie
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997 · TV Show
as Achira (voice)
I Am Weasel
1997 · TV Show
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
Cow and Chicken
1997 · TV Show
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996 · Movie
The Demolitionist
1995 · Movie
as Eleanor Grimbaum
Digital Man
1995 · Movie
as Mildred
Powder
1995 · Movie
as Maxine
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992 · Movie
as The Woman
Motorama
1991 · Movie
as Bartender
Every Cake, Neil
1991 · Movie
Cry-Baby
1990 · Movie
as Ramona Rickettes
Rockula
1990 · Movie
as Chuck the Bartender
Wings
1990 · TV Show
as Sconset Sal
Far from Home
1989 · Movie
as Agnes Reed
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as Mona
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989 · TV Show
Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Movie
as Midge Montana
Tapeheads
1988 · Movie
as Nikki Morton
The Underachievers
1988 · Movie
as Mrs. Grant
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987 · Movie
as Beth Chandler
Poker Alice
1987 · Movie
as Mad Mary
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987 · Movie
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
The Christmas Star
1986 · Movie
as Sara
Thompson's Last Run
1986 · Movie
as Pookie
If Tomorrow Comes
1986 · TV Show
as Bertha
Flesh + Blood
1985 · Movie
as Celine
Avenging Angel
1985 · Movie
as Solly Mosler
Angel
1984 · Movie
as Solly Mosler
Jealousy
1984 · Movie
as Dixie
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983 · Movie
as Bunny
Fire and Ice
1983 · Movie
as Juliana (voice)
The Hitchhiker
1983 · TV Show
as Doris
Forbidden Zone
1982 · Movie
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
Fast-Walking
1982 · Movie
as Evie
Liar's Moon
1982 · Movie
as Lora Mae Bouvier
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981 · Movie
as Aunt Cheryl
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981 · Movie
as Vera
Subway Riders
1981 · Movie
as Eleanor Langley
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · Movie
as Self
Document of the Dead
1981 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Midnight Lace
1981 · Movie
as Ann Galvin
Open All Night
1981 · TV Show
as Gretchen Feester
Racquet
1979 · Movie
as Miss Baxter
Lady of the House
1978 · Movie
as Helen
Loose Shoes
1978 · Movie
as Boobies
Flying High
1978 · TV Show
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977 · Movie
as Lee
Bad
1977 · Movie
as Mary Aiken
September 30, 1955
1977 · Movie
as Melba Lou
Islands in the Stream
1977 · Movie
as Lil
Another Man, Another Chance
1977 · Movie
as Alice
Wizards
1977 · Movie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Killer Inside Me
1976 · Movie
as Joyce Lakeland
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV Show
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
Baretta
1975 · TV Show
Zandy's Bride
1974 · Movie
as Marai Cordova
Catch My Soul
1974 · Movie
as Emilia
To Kill the King
1974 · Movie
as Maggie Van Birchard
Kojak
1973 · TV Show
as Mary Torino
Fat City
1972 · Movie
as Oma
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971 · Movie
as Jack
Shoot Out
1971 · Movie
as Alma
The Steagle
1971 · Movie
as Louise
Nichols
1971 · TV Show
as Caralee
The Patty Duke Show
1963 · TV Show
Mr. Novak
1963 · TV Show
as Phyllis Freuchen
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
as Jill Conway
