Overview
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Acting
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Birthday
Mar 18, 1945 (80 years old)
Death date
Jun 16, 2012
Susan Tyrrell
Known For
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."
Acting
2008
The Boneyard Collection
1997
Pink as the Day She Was Born
1997
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
1996
Japan in Paris in L.A.
1992
Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta
1991
Every Cake, Neil
1990
Cry-Baby
1988
Tapeheads
1988
The Underachievers
1987
From a Whisper to a Scream
1987
The Chipmunk Adventure
1987
Poker Alice
1986
The Christmas Star
1986
Thompson's Last Run
1985
Flesh + Blood
1985
Avenging Angel