Susan Tyrrell
Acting Born Mar 18, 1945 San Francisco, California, USA 24 credits
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."
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Full filmography
- Bonanza (1959) as Jill Conway
- Wings (1990) as Sconset Sal
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Mona
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Annie / Isabelle Oates
- Baretta (1975)
- Cow and Chicken (1997) as Madame DeBarge (voice)
- Kojak (1973) as Mary Torino
- The Hitchhiker (1983) as Doris
- I Am Weasel (1997) as Madame DeBarge (voice)
- Mr. Novak (1963) as Phyllis Freuchen
- Nichols (1971) as Caralee
- Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) as Achira (voice)
- The Patty Duke Show (1963)
- Flying High (1978)
- If Tomorrow Comes (1986) as Bertha
- Cry-Baby (1990) as Ramona Rickettes
- Powder (1995) as Maxine
- Flesh + Blood (1985) as Celine
- Fire and Ice (1983) as Juliana (voice)
- Shoot Out (1971) as Alma
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997) as Mrs. B
- The Chipmunk Adventure (1987) as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
- Wizards (1977) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Angel (1984) as Solly Mosler