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Susan Tyrrell

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Actress

The Resume

    (March 18, 1945-June 16, 2012)
    Born in San Francisco, California
    Birth name was Susan Jillian Creamer
    Appeared in the films 'Fat City' (1972), 'Andy Warhol's Bad' (1977), 'Forbidden Zone' (1980), 'Night Warning' (1983), 'Angel' (1984), 'Avenging Angel' (1985), 'From a Whisper to a Scream' (1987), 'Big Top Pee-Wee' (1988), 'Cry-Baby' (1990), 'Powder' (1995), 'Masked and Anonymous' (2003) and 'The Devil's Due at Midnight' (2004)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Cactus Flower' (1965), 'A Cry of Players' (1968), 'The Time of Your Life' (1969) and 'Camino Real' (1970)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was bulimic.
    She abused cocaine, LSD and mescaline.
    She had a nervous breakdown.
    Rex Reed wrote, 'She has a body like an unmade bed.'
    She had a gravelly voice.
    Her roles increasingly became 'misfits, hags, nutjobs.'
    She said about one of her later films, 'It was crap. And I know crap.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for 'Fat City.'
    She had a cult following.
    She composed and performed a song for the movie 'Forbidden Zone.'
    Her legs were amputated because of clots from a rare blood disease (2000).
    She continued working despite the loss of her legs.
    Johnny Depp organized a benefit at the Viper Club to defray her medical expenses.
    An interviewer wrote, 'She has a dry, wry, dirty sense of humor that deflects misfortune, curdles cynicism.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 168 Votes: 70.24% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 41.89% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 70 Votes: 72.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 103 Votes: 34.95% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 121 Votes: 71.07% Annoying