Susan Tyrrell
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
Movie
Cry-Baby
as Ramona Rickettes
1990
TV
Tales from the Crypt
as Mona
1989
Movie
Powder
as Maxine
1995
TV
Cow and Chicken
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997
TV
Bonanza
as Jill Conway
1959
Movie
Flesh + Blood
as Celine
1985
Movie
Fire and Ice
as Juliana (voice)
1983
Movie
Wizards
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1977
TV
I Am Weasel
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997
TV
Starsky & Hutch
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
1975
Movie
Fat City
as Oma
1972
Movie
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Aunt Cheryl
1981
Movie
Big Top Pee-wee
as Midge Montana
1988
TV
Wings
as Sconset Sal
1990
TV
Kojak
as Mary Torino
1973
Movie
Angel
as Solly Mosler
1984
Movie
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
as Mrs. B
1997
Movie
The Chipmunk Adventure
as Claudia Furschtien (voice)
1987
Movie
Forbidden Zone
as Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
1982
Movie
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Beth Chandler
1987
Movie
Shoot Out
as Alma
1971
Movie
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Vera
1981
TV
Extreme Ghostbusters
as Achira (voice)
1997
Movie
Tapeheads
as Nikki Morton
1988
