This flinty blonde actress has specialized in spangly, trashy film femmes since her screen debut in "Shoot Out" (1971). Ironically, Susan Tyrrell began her career as a teenager playing the ingenue in the stage comedy "Time Out for Ginger" opposite Art Carney. After settling in NYC, though, she began to excel at playing women of questionable virtue in stage productions like "The Time of Your Life" and "Camino Real". In John Huston's "Fat City" (1972), Tyrrell offered a brilliant characterization of an alcoholic involved in an interracial romance and earned a richly deserved Best Supporting
Won lead role in the touring company of "Time Out for Ginger", co-starring Art Carney; profiled by LOOK magazine
Worked Off-Broadway and in Lincoln Center productions, frequently cast as trollops and fallen women in such plays as "Camino Real" and "The Time of Your Life"
1971
Feature film debut in "The Steagle"
1972
Had breakthrough film role in "Fat City" directed by John Huston; received Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as the blowsy alcoholic involved in an interracial romance
