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Theresa Tilly
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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 Detro…
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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.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2022
The Prototype
Movie Jenna
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2020
Hail to the Deadites
Movie Self
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2017
American Fable
Movie Anna Winters
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2014
Stomping Ground
Movie Susan
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2014
Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist
Movie Self
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2014
Back in the Day
Movie Mrs. Miller
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2013
Oz the Great and Powerful
Movie Quadling Seamstress
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2009
Dangerous Women
TV show Shelly
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2008
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
Movie Waitress
- 2007
- 2007
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2007
Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead
Movie Self
- 2007
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1999
Family Law
TV show Witness
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1998
Debutante
Movie Nan's mother
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1990
Appearances
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1983
The Evil Dead
Movie Shelly
