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Swoosie Kurtz

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Swoosie Kurtz

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Sep 6, 1944 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Biography

Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. She began her career in theater during the 1970s and shortly thereafter began a career in television, garnering ten nominations and winning one Emmy Award. Her most famous television project was her role on the 1990s NBC drama Sisters. She has also appeared somewhat sporadically in films from the late 1970s up until today, including prominent roles in such films as Dangerous Liaisons, Citizen Ruth, and Liar Liar among others. Throughout her career she has remained active in theater, earning five Tony Award nominations and winning two over the last three decades. Description above from the Wikipedia article Swoosie Kurtz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2024It's Florida, Man.Mrs. Myrtle
2021RugratsMinka (voice)
2021RugratsMinka / Frau Klump (voice)
2021Call Me KatSheila
2019Bless the HartsMee-Maw (voice)
2018OverboardGrace
2018The Dangerous Book for BoysTiffany McKenna
2016Lethal WeaponRuthie
2016Lethal WeaponRuthie Krumholz
2016Man with a PlanBeverly
2015Grace and FrankieJanet
2010Mike & MollyJoyce Flynn
2009An Englishman in New YorkConnie Clausen
2009Hank
2009Nurse JackieMrs. Scheinhorn
2008Living ProofElizabeth
2008The Bonnie Hunt ShowSelf
2007Superman: DoomsdayMartha Kent (voice)
2007Pushing DaisiesLily Charles
2007ChuckLaura Turner
2006HeroesMillie Houston
2005Nadine in DatelandMrs. M
2005American Dad!Marylin Thacker (voice)
2005American Dad!Betty Smith (voice)
2005Category 7: The End of the WorldPenny Hall
2004Desperate HousewivesJessie
2004Huff
2004LostEmily Locke
2003DuplexJean
2002The Rules of AttractionMrs. Jared
2002Street TimeVictoria Van Kleek
2002Still StandingHelen Michaels
2001Get Over ItBeverly Landers
2001Bubble BoyMrs. Livingston
2001The Wilde GirlsSierra Lambert
2000Sleep Easy, Hutch RimesBinny Redwine
1999Cruel IntentionsDr. Greenbaum
1999The White River KidMummy Weed
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitHilda Marsden
1999Love & MoneyEffie Conklin
1999HarveyVeta Simmons
1998Outside OzonaRosalee
1998My Own CountryHope Flanders
1998The Wild ThornberrysMichelle Naidell (voice)
1998More Tales of the CityBetty Ramsey
1997Liar LiarDana Appleton
1997Little Girls in Pretty BoxesAllison Bryant
1996Citizen RuthDiane Siegler
1996HarveyVeta Simmons
1996A Promise to CarolynKay
1996Party GirlJudy
1996Suddenly SusanLiz Miller Keane
1995Betrayed: A Story of Three WomenJoan Bixler
1995The Outer LimitsJustice Kendall Woods
1995Hope and GloriaSwoosie Kurtz
1994Reality BitesCharlane McGregor
1994One ChristmasEmily
1994StorybookQueen Evilia
1994ERTina Marie Chambliss
1994Touched by an AngelLibby Glaser
1994The Magic School BusDorothy Ann's Mom (voice)
1993And the Band Played OnMrs. Johnstone
1993The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering MomMarla Harper
1993Intimate PortraitSelf
1992Terror on Track 9Marcia Hobbs
1992Walking the Dog
1991SistersAlexandra 'Alex' Reed Halsey
1990A Shock to the SystemLeslie Marshall
1990The ImageJoanne Winstow-Darvish
1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
1990Stanley & IrisSharon
1988Dangerous LiaisonsMadame de Volanges
1988Vice VersaTina
1988Bright Lights, Big CityMegan
1988Baja OklahomaDoris Steadman
1987The House of Blue LeavesBananas Shaughnessy
1987Trying TimesWanda
1986True StoriesThe Lazy Woman
1986WildcatsVerna McGrath
1985Guilty ConscienceJackie Willis
1985A Time to LivePatricia
1984Against All OddsEdie
1984Jeopardy!Self
1983A Caribbean MysteryRuth Walter
1982The World According to GarpThe Hooker
1982Fifth of JulyGwen Landis
1981Love, SidneyLaurie Morgan
1980Marriage Is Alive and WellJane Tremont
1980The Mating SeasonRoberta
1979Uncommon Women and OthersRita Altabel
1979Walking Through the FireCaria
1978Oliver's StoryGwen Simpson
1977First LoveMarsha
1977Slap ShotShirley Upton
1976Ah, Wilderness!Muriel McComber
1973KojakJulie Di Nata
1971Great PerformancesMuriel McComber
1971Great PerformancesRita Altabel
1958The Donna Reed Show