
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."
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1973 · nominated
Filmography43 titles

Tales from the Crypt

Bonanza

If Tomorrow Comes

Starsky & Hutch

Subway Riders

Kojak

Cow and Chicken

Fat City

Powder

Wings

September 30, 1955

Extreme Ghostbusters

Fire and Ice

Flesh+Blood

Motorama

Cry-Baby

Thompson's Last Run

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Islands in the Stream

Another Man, Another Chance

Shoot Out

Kid-Thing

Zandy's Bride

The Patty Duke Show

Forbidden Zone

Wizards

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Angel

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

From a Whisper to a Scream

Fast-Walking

The Christmas Star

Far from Home

Liar's Moon

Tapeheads

Masked and Anonymous

Avenging Angel

The Steagle

Big Top Pee-wee

The Demolitionist

Rockula

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction

Loose Shoes