Susan Tyrrell
Age: N/A | From: San Francisco, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Susan Tyrell , Susan Jillian Creamer
Gender: Female
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 41
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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."
Most Famous Work
Starsky & Hutch
(1975) Annie / Isabelle Oates
Fire and Ice
(1983) Juliana (voice)
Kojak
(1973) Mary Torino
The Hitchhiker
(1983) Doris
Open All Night
(1981) Gretchen Feester
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
(1997) Mrs. B
Powder
(1995) Maxine
Flesh + Blood
(1985) CelineActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | Esther | |
| 2010 | Mrs. Nog (voice) | |
| 2008 | High Priestess | |
| 2003 | Ella the Fortune Teller | |
| 2000 | Sal | |
| 1998 | Alicia Pillsbury | |
| 1997 | N/A | |
| Achira (voice) | ||
| Madame DeBarge (voice) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. B | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Maxine | |
| Mildred | ||
| Eleanor Grimbaum | ||
| 1992 | The Woman | |
| 1991 | Bartender | |
| N/A | ||
| 1990 | Sconset Sal | |
| Ramona Rickettes | ||
| Chuck the Bartender | ||
| 1989 | Agnes Reed | |
| Mona | ||
| 1988 | Nikki Morton | |
| Midge Montana | ||
| Mrs. Grant | ||
| 1987 | Beth Chandler | |
| Claudia Furschtien (voice) | ||
| Mad Mary | ||
| 1986 | Sara | |
| Bertha | ||
| Pookie | ||
| 1985 | Celine | |
| Solly Mosler | ||
| 1984 | Solly Mosler | |
| Dixie | ||
| 1983 | Doris | |
| Juliana (voice) | ||
| Bunny | ||
| 1982 | Evie | |
| Lora Mae Bouvier | ||
| 1981 | Gretchen Feester | |
| Aunt Cheryl | ||
| Vera | ||
| Eleanor Langley | ||
| Self | ||
| Ann Galvin | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1980 | Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension | |
| 1979 | Miss Baxter | |
| 1978 | Helen | |
| N/A | ||
| Boobies | ||
| 1977 | Alice | |
| Melba Lou | ||
| Lee | ||
| Mary Aiken | ||
| Lil | ||
| Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| 1976 | Joyce Lakeland | |
| 1975 | Annie / Isabelle Oates | |
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Maggie Van Birchard | |
| Marai Cordova | ||
| Emilia | ||
| 1973 | Mary Torino | |
| 1972 | Oma | |
| 1971 | Caralee | |
| Jack | ||
| Louise | ||
| Alma | ||
| 1963 | Phyllis Freuchen | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Book | |
| Lyricist | ||
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |