Theresa Tilly

Born: 1953-11-06

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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The Evil Dead

as Shelly
Released: 1981-09-10

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin...

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as Quadling Seamstress
Released: 2013-03-07

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land...

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One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

as Self
Released: 2007-12-18

Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity that was the making of the...

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Back in the Day

as Mrs. Miller
Released: 2014-01-07

Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back. And in this raunchy comedy, Jim Owens...

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American Fable

as Anna Winters
Released: 2017-02-17

When 11-year-old Gitty discovers that her father, Abe, a good and beloved farmer, is holding a...

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The Prototype

as Jenna
Released: 2022-02-25

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid...

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Brutal Massacre: A Comedy

as Waitress
Released: 2008-07-22

Harry Penderecki, a once heralded horror auteur, finds himself on the outside looking in at...

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Stomping Ground

as Susan
Released: 2014-06-08

Ben and Annie are a young couple on a weekend trip to Annie's small North Carolina hometown who,...

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Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist

as Self
Released: 2014-01-31

Invaluable is the feature-length documentary film about Tom Sullivan, creator of the special...

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Appearances

as uncredited
Released: 1990-06-17

A drama centering on the joys, conflicts, and crises on a middle-class family and on its...

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The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell

as uncredited
Released: 2007-12-18

Interview with the female cast of The Evil Dead and lead Bruce Campbell.

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Hail to the Deadites

as Self
Released: 2020-08-20

Through interviews with the cast, crew, collectors, fans, freaks and geeks, Hail to the Deadites...

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Debutante

as Nan's mother
Released: 1998-09-01

Nan, seventeen, wakes up alone in a motel room and wonders how she got there. The events of the...

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Family Law

as Witness
First aired: 1999-09-20

Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...

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Dangerous Women

as Shelly
First aired: 2009-01-22

Three suburban soccer moms are stalked and tormented by their evil doubles.

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