What is Susan Tyrrell?
{{Infobox person | bgcolour = | name = Susan Tyrrell | image = Susan Tyrrell 1970.jpg | imagesize = | birthname = Susan Jillian Creamer | occupation = Actress, writer, painter | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|3|18|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|6|16|1945|3|18|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]], U.S. | death_cause = Blood disease | yearsactive = 1964–2012 }} '''Susan Tyrrell''' (born '''Susan Jillian Creamer'''; March 18, 1945 &ndash; June 16, 2012<ref name=Odam>{{cite web|last=Odam|first=Matthew|title=Actress Susan Tyrell Dies at 67|url=http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/austinmovies/entries/2012/06/18/actress_susan_tyrrell_dies_at.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_movie_blog|publisher=Austin Movie Blog|accessdate=2012-06-18}}</ref>) was an [[Americans|American]] actress, painter, and writer. She is known for her [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] Oscar-nominated performance as Oma in ''[[Fat City (movie)|Fat City]]'', and for her role as Ramona Rickettes in the [[John Waters]] movie ''[[Cry-Baby]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/movies/susan-tyrrell-oscar-nominee-dies-at-67.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Susan Tyrrell, Oscar Nominee, Dies at 67|author=Daniel E. Slotnik|date=June 21, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Susan-Tyrrell-of-Cry-Baby--Fat-City--dies-at-age-67/8707259|work=OnTheRedCarpet.com|title=Susan Tyrrell of 'Cry-Baby,' 'Fat City,' dies at age 67|date=June 19, 2012|author=Corinne Heller|access-date=April 30, 2013|archive-date=June 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610015839/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Susan-Tyrrell-of-Cry-Baby--Fat-City--dies-at-age-67/8707259|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2000, she was diagnosed with [[thrombocythemia]] which led to amputation of both her legs below the knee. She spent the remainder