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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).
Susan Tyrrell (1945-2012) was a Hollywood gypsy and self-affirmed outcast who starred in Fat City, Bad, Forbidden Zone and Cry-Baby. She also wrote and composed a one-woman show about her life and lost her legs to a rare blood disease.
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Jun 21, 2012 · June 21, 2012. Susan Tyrrell, a whiskey-voiced character actress whose talent for playing the downtrodden, outré and grotesque led to an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress in the...
Jun 19, 2012 · Susan Tyrrell, who played a drunken boxer's girlfriend in Fat City and a lesbian in Cry-Baby, passed away at 67 in 2012. She had a sporadic but memorable career and a tragic personal life, as revealed in a New York Times profile.
Jun 20, 2012 · Susan Tyrrell, an eccentric, husky-voiced character actress best known for her Oscar-nominated supporting role as a blowsy barfly in director John Huston’s 1972 movie “Fat City,” has...
Susan Tyrrell was a San Francisco-born actress who specialized in dark and dysfunctional roles. She was nominated for an Oscar for Fat City (1972) and appeared in cult films such as Bad (1977) and Cry-Baby (1990).
Oscar-nominated actress Susan Tyrrell, known for roles in offbeat films including John Waters' Cry-Baby, has died. She was 67. Niece Amy Sweet says Tyrrell died on Saturday in her sleep at home in Austin. The cause of death has not been disclosed.
