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."

Filmography

• 2012Kid-Thing — Esther
• 2010Flexing with Monty — Mrs. Nog (voice)
• 2008The Boneyard Collection — High Priestess
• 2003Masked and Anonymous — Ella the Fortune Teller
• 2000Buddy Boy — Sal
• 1998Relax... It's Just Sex — Alicia
• Cow and Chicken — Madame DeBarge (voice)
• Extreme Ghostbusters — Achira (voice)
• I Am Weasel — Madame DeBarge (voice)
• 1997Pink as the Day She Was Born
• 1997Poison Ivy: The New Seduction — Mrs. B
• 1996Japan in Paris in L.A.
• 1995Digital Man — Mildred
• 1995Powder — Maxine
• 1995The Demolitionist — Eleanor Grimbaum
• 1992Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta — The Woman, Book, Lyricist, Writer
• 1991Every Cake, Neil
• 1991Motorama — Bartender
• 1990Cry-Baby — Ramona Rickettes
• 1990Rockula — Chuck the Bartender
• Wings — Sconset Sal
• 1989Far from Home — Agnes Reed
• Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
• Tales from the Crypt — Mona
• 1988Big Top Pee-wee — Midge Montana
• 1988Tapeheads — Nikki Morton
• 1988The Underachievers — Mrs. Grant
• 1987From a Whisper to a Scream — Beth Chandler
• 1987Poker Alice — Mad Mary
• 1987The Chipmunk Adventure — Claudia Furschtien (voice)
• If Tomorrow Comes — Bertha
• 1986The Christmas Star — Sara
• 1986Thompson's Last Run — Pookie
• 1985Avenging Angel — Solly Mosler
• 1985Flesh + Blood — Celine
• 1984Angel — Solly Mosler
• 1984Jealousy — Dixie
• 1983Fire and Ice — Juliana (voice)
• The Hitchhiker — Doris
• 1983What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon — Bunny
• 1982Fast-Walking — Evie
• 1982Forbidden Zone — Queen Doris of the Sixth Dimension
• 1982Liar's Moon — Lora Mae Bouvier
• 1981Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker — Aunt Cheryl
• 1981Document of the Dead — Narrator (voice)
• 1981Midnight Lace — Ann Galvin
• Open All Night — Gretchen Feester
• 1981Subway Riders — Eleanor Langley
• 1981Tales of Ordinary Madness — Vera
• 1979Racquet — Miss Baxter
• Flying High
• 1978Lady of the House — Helen
• 1978Loose Shoes — Boobies
• 1977Another Man, Another Chance — Alice
• 1977Bad — Mary Aiken
• 1977I Never Promised You a Rose Garden — Lee
• 1977Islands in the Stream — Lil
• 1977September 30, 1955 — Melba Lou
• 1977Wizards — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1976The Killer Inside Me — Joyce Lakeland
• Baretta
• Starsky & Hutch — Annie / Isabelle Oates
• 1974Catch My Soul — Emilia
• 1974To Kill the King — Maggie Van Birchard
• 1974Zandy's Bride — Marai Cordova
• Kojak — Mary Torino
• 1972Fat City — Oma
• 1971Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me — Jack
• Nichols — Caralee
• 1971Shoot Out — Alma
• 1971The Steagle — Louise
• Mr. Novak — Phyllis Freuchen
• The Patty Duke Show
• Bonanza — Jill Conway

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2024The Life of Sean DeLear — Self (archive footage)
• 1981Be Pretty and Shut Up! — Self