Susan Tyrrell Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for her role as Oma in 1972 boxing film "Fat City․"
• Had both legs amputated below the knee in 2000 due to essential thrombocythemia
• Began her career on stage in 1962 in the play "Time Out for Ginger․"
• Quote: "I don't like beautiful people, but I find beauty in the grotesque․ And in the sweet soul inside someone who has been able to get through their life without being a rat's ass․"
• Frequently appeared as a sexpot in off-Broadway performances
• Participated as a member of the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center
• Wrote a one-woman autobiographical play in 1989, "My Rotten Life: A Bitter Operetta․"