Oscar Nominee and Broadway Performer Susan Tyrrell has died

[bigbelterbaby]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 12:21am

Rest in Peace Susan. She was a great actress.

According IBDB she made 6 Broadway appearances , including a replacement for 'Toni' in the original production of Cactus Flower.

- http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=95719

Check her out in this awesome musical film from 1982 -

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFPeIMzjm3Q

Here she is at the Oscar ceremony the year she was nominated -

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTOL0cScA5g

and here is a clip from her Oscar nominated performance in 'Fat City'

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voMK5RG-4WA

She is also known for being Johnny Depp's mom in John Waters 'Cry-Baby' film.

[Bwayman2]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:35am

Too bad. I loved her in Fat City.

[Billy5]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 11:48am

She was great. Loved her in Fat City and Andy Warhol's Bad.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 5:16pm

She used to hang out on occasion at our local gay bar in Venice, CA, and could not have been friendlier.

Lovely lady! RIP.

Updated On: 6/19/12 at 05:16 PM

[egghumor]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 5:56pm

I never saw an acting performance from Susan Tyrell I did not love! She was a real artist! RIP

[darquegk]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:54pm

She starred in one of my favorite cult films of all time, The Forbidden Zone. Rest in peace, Queen of the Sixth Dimension.