Acting credits
15
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Theresa Tilly
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
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Movies: 13Series: 2
TMDB ID: 11465
IMDb ID: nm0863462
Known for: Acting
Born: November 6, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2022
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 5.66
Wikidata: Q3473437
Also known as
Sarah York • Theresa Mary Catherine Seyferth • 테레사 틸리
Biography
Theresa Tilly made a monstrous feature film debut as Shelly in Sam Raimi's influential classic, The Evil Dead (1981). After working as a stand-up comedian in her hometown of Detroit, she set her sights on acclaimed improv comedy troupe The Second City Chicago. Her work there earned her a role on a sketch comedy pilot called YouTV, co-starring alongside late-night TV legend Steve Allen. Although the show was not picked up, it served as an impetus for the budding performer to move to Los Angeles in order to pursue her acting career. Tilly has since appeared in over 100 films, TV shows, plays, and commercials, including: Debutante (1998), opposite Selma Blair and Josh Hartnett; Back in the Day (2014), written and directed by actor Michael Rosenbaum; Appearances, a PBS special written by celebrated author Elmore Leonard; Brutal Massacre: A Comedy (2007), alongside the late horror icon Gunnar Hansen; and Oz The Great and Powerful (2013), which reunited her with The Evil Dead director Sam Raimi. She was also the first female to announce ESPN's ESPY Awards.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Theresa Tilly.
4.3
The Prototype
as Jenna
2022 Movie
5.8
Hail to the Deadites
as Self
2020 Movie
6.0
American Fable
as Anna Winters
2017 Movie
4.3
Stomping Ground
as Susan
2014 Movie
8.5
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
as Self
2014 Movie
4.8
Back in the Day
as Mrs. Miller
2014 Movie
5.9
Oz the Great and Powerful
as Quadling Seamstress
2013 Movie
4.5
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
as Waitress
2008 Movie
8.5
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
as Self
2007 Movie
The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell
2007 Movie
10.0
Debutante
as Nan's mother
1998 Movie
Appearances
1990 Movie
7.3
The Evil Dead
as Shelly
1981 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Theresa Tilly.
