7.0
7.0
Fat City
1972
as Oma
Susan Tyrrell
Acting
Born:March 18, 1945
Died:June 16, 2012(aged 67)
Birthplace:San Francisco, California, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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 (56 movies)
7.0
7.0
To Kill the King
1974
as Maggie Van Birchard
7.0
7.0
Powder
1995
as Maxine
6.8
6.8
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
6.7
6.7
Fire and Ice
1983
as Juliana (voice)
6.6
6.6
September 30, 1955
1977
as Melba Lou
6.6
6.6
Flesh + Blood
1985
as Celine
6.6
6.6
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
as Aunt Cheryl
6.5
6.5
Cry-Baby
1990
as Ramona Rickettes
6.5
6.5
Motorama
1991
as Bartender
6.5
6.5
Subway Riders
1981
as Eleanor Langley
6.5
6.5
Document of the Dead
1981
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
6.4
Islands in the Stream
1977
as Lil
6.3
6.3
Shoot Out
1971
as Alma
6.3
6.3
Poker Alice
1987
as Mad Mary
6.3
6.3
Bad
1977
as Mary Aiken
6.2
6.2
Kid-Thing
2012
as Esther
6.2
6.2
Forbidden Zone
1980
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
6.1
6.1
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Marai Cordova
6.0
6.0
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
as Vera
6.0
6.0
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
as Alice
6.0
6.0
Midnight Lace
1981
as Ann Galvin
6.0
6.0
Angel
1984
as Solly Mosler
5.8
5.8
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Lee
5.7
5.7
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
as Beth Chandler
5.7
5.7
Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
as Alicia Pillsbury
5.6
5.6
Fast-Walking
1982
as Evie
5.6
5.6
The Christmas Star
1986
as Sara
5.4
5.4
Catch My Soul
1974
as Emilia
5.4
5.4
Far from Home
1989
as Agnes Reed
5.3
5.3
The Boneyard Collection
2008
as High Priestess
5.3
5.3
Tapeheads
1988
as Nikki Morton
5.1
5.1
Liar's Moon
1982
as Lora Mae Bouvier
5.0
5.0
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
1983
as Bunny
5.0
5.0
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Ella the Fortune Teller
5.0
5.0
Avenging Angel
1985
as Solly Mosler
4.9
4.9
Big Top Pee-wee
1988
as Midge Montana
4.8
4.8
Rockula
1990
as Chuck the Bartender
4.8
4.8
The Demolitionist
1995
as Eleanor Grimbaum
4.7
4.7
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1997
as Mrs. B
4.7
4.7
Digital Man
1995
as Mildred
4.5
4.5
Buddy Boy
2000
as Sal
4.4
4.4
Racquet
1979
as Miss Baxter
4.3
4.3
The Killer Inside Me
1976
as Joyce Lakeland
4.2
4.2
The Underachievers
1988
as Mrs. Grant
4.1
4.1
The Steagle
1971
as Louise
3.2
3.2
Flexing with Monty
2010
as Mrs. Nog (voice)
2.8
2.8
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
1971
as Jack
2.7
2.7
Jealousy
1984
as Dixie
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1992
Writer
Thompson's Last Run
1986
as Pookie
Every Cake, Neil
1991
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1996
Lady of the House
1978
as Helen
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
The Life of Sean DeLear
2024
as Self (archive footage)
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