Susan Tyrrell

Susan Tyrrell

Acting
Born 1945-03-18 San Francisco, California, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 0.9
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 ...
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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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Cow and Chicken poster
Cow and Chicken
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997-09-16
Extreme Ghostbusters poster
Extreme Ghostbusters
as Achira (voice)
1997-09-01
I Am Weasel poster
I Am Weasel
as Madame DeBarge (voice)
1997-07-22
Wings poster
Wings
as Sconset Sal
1990-04-19
Tales from the Crypt poster
Tales from the Crypt
as Mona
1989-06-10
The Hitchhiker poster
The Hitchhiker
as Doris
1983-11-23
Starsky & Hutch poster
Starsky & Hutch
as Annie / Isabelle Oates
1975-09-10

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