Susan Tyrrell
Biography
Susan Tyrrell was an American character actress who began in New York theater during the 1960s. She joined the Broadway cast of Cactus Flower as a replacement in 1965, and later performed with the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center in King Lear, The Time of Your Life, and Camino Real. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971), and she earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for playing Oma in John Huston's Fat City (1972). A Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress followed for Bad (1977). Her later roles included Queen Doris in Forbidden Zone (1980), Vera in Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981), the horror film Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981), John Waters' Cry-Baby (1990), and Bob Dylan's Masked and Anonymous (2003). She also starred in the ABC sitcom Open All Night. Her final screen appearance came in Kid-Thing in 2012, the year she died.
67years old at death
- Born San Francisco
- Died Austin
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 32 years1971 to 2003
Genres
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First role
In 1965, Tyrrell first appeared on Broadway, taking over a role in the comedy Cactus Flower as a replacement performer.
Beyond film
In 1992, Tyrrell appeared as a guest star in the Wings episode "Marriage Italian Style" and also put on her own one-woman show, Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta.
Susan Tyrrell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together5 more actors
- Nancy CartwrightThe Chipmunk Adventure (1987) and Flesh+Blood (1985)
- Philip BrunsDigital Man (1995) and The Christmas Star (1986)
- Jack NanceThe Demolitionist (1995) and Motorama (1991)
- Lynne Marie StewartBig Top Pee-wee (1988) and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
- Andras JonesThe Demolitionist (1995) and Far from Home (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Susan Tyrrell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$64.3 million
11 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 11Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$31M48.1% of the total
- 2$15M23.5% of the total
- 3$8.3M12.9% of the total
- 4$6.8M10.6% of the total
- 5$1.4M2.2% of the total
- 6$761K1.2% of the total
- 7$546K0.8% of the total
- 8$344K0.5% of the total
$122,394from the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.