
Susan Tyrrell
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."
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Angel
as Solly Mosler
1984

Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
1988

Masked and Anonymous
as Ella the Fortune Teller
2003

Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
1988

Flesh + Blood
as Celine
1985

Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
1990

Far from Home
as Agnes Reed
1989

The Christmas Star
as Sara
1986

The Killer Inside Me
as Joyce Lakeland
1976

Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
1982

Fast-Walking
as Evie
1982

Fat City
as Oma
1972

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Lee
1977

From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
1987

Bad
as Mary Aiken
1977

Avenging Angel
as Solly Mosler
1985

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
1997

Motorama
as Bartender
1991

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
1981
TV Appearances

Starsky & Hutch
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
1975

Tales from the Crypt
as Mona
1989

Kojak
as Mary Torino
1973

The Hitchhiker
as Doris
1983

The Patty Duke Show
1963

Mr. Novak
as Phyllis Freuchen
1963

Open All Night
as Gretchen Feester
1981

Flying High
1978

Baretta
1975

Extreme Ghostbusters
as Achira (voice)
1997

Nichols
as Caralee
1971

I Am Weasel
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997