Susan Tyrrell
Birthday: 1945-03-18
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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."
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Angel
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Big Top Pee-wee
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Masked and Anonymous
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Tapeheads
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Flesh + Blood
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The Killer Inside Me
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Fast-Walking
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Fat City
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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From a Whisper to a Scream
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Bad
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Avenging Angel
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Motorama
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Tales of Ordinary Madness
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September 30, 1955
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Islands in the Stream
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Liar's Moon
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Zandy's Bride
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Poker Alice
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The Underachievers
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Lady of the House
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Digital Man
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Document of the Dead
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The Boneyard Collection
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Fire and Ice
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