Swoosie Kurtz

Actor Sep 6 (age 81) Omaha, Nebraska, USA 1956–2024 (68 year career)

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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. Through…

Known For

Film

Liar Liar

Dana Appleton

Film

Cruel Intentions

Dr. Greenbaum

Film

Dangerous Liaisons

Madame de Volanges

Film

Overboard

Grace

Film

Pushing Daisies

Lily Charles

Film

Duplex

Jean

Film

Superman: Doomsday

Martha Kent (voice)

Film

Reality Bites

Charlane McGregor

Filmography

Acting (96)

Movies (53)

Overboard

2018

as Grace

6.6

An Englishman in New York

as Connie Clausen

Living Proof

as Elizabeth

Superman: Doomsday

as Martha Kent (voice)

6.7

Nadine in Dateland

2005

as Mrs. M

5.0

Category 7: The End of the World

as Penny Hall

Duplex

as Jean

The Rules of Attraction

as Mrs. Jared

Bubble Boy

as Mrs. Livingston

Get Over It

as Beverly Landers

The Wilde Girls

as Sierra Lambert

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

as Binny Redwine

Cruel Intentions

as Dr. Greenbaum

The White River Kid

as Mummy Weed

My Own Country

as Hope Flanders

Outside Ozona

as Rosalee

Liar Liar

as Dana Appleton

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

as Allison Bryant

Citizen Ruth

as Diane Siegler

Harvey

as Veta Simmons

A Promise to Carolyn

as Kay

Betrayed: A Story of Three Women

as Joan Bixler

Storybook

as Queen Evilia

Reality Bites

as Charlane McGregor

One Christmas

as Emily

And the Band Played On

1993

as Mrs. Johnstone

6.4

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

as Marla Harper

Terror on Track 9

as Marcia Hobbs

A Shock to the System

as Leslie Marshall

Stanley & Iris

as Sharon

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

The Image

1990

as Joanne Winstow-Darvish

4.6

Dangerous Liaisons

1988

as Madame de Volanges

7.2

Vice Versa

1988

as Tina

5.8

Bright Lights, Big City

as Megan

Baja Oklahoma

as Doris Steadman

The House of Blue Leaves

1987

as Bananas Shaughnessy

Wildcats

as Verna McGrath

True Stories

as The Lazy Woman

Guilty Conscience

as Jackie Willis

A Time to Live

as Patricia

Against All Odds

as Edie

A Caribbean Mystery

as Ruth Walter

Fifth of July

as Gwen Landis

The World According to Garp

1982

as The Hooker

6.7

The Mating Season

1980

as Roberta

Marriage Is Alive and Well

1980

as Jane Tremont

2.0

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

as Rita Altabel

Walking Through the Fire

as Caria

Oliver's Story

as Gwen Simpson

Slap Shot

as Shirley Upton

First Love

as Marsha

Ah, Wilderness!

as Muriel McComber

Television (43)

It's Florida, Man.

2024

as Mrs. Myrtle

6.2

Rugrats

2021

as Minka / Frau Klump (voice)

Call Me Kat

as Sheila

Bless the Harts

as Mee-Maw (voice)

The Dangerous Book for Boys

as Tiffany McKenna

Lethal Weapon

as Ruthie Krumholz

Man with a Plan

as Beverly

Grace and Frankie

as Janet

Mike & Molly

as Joyce Flynn

Nurse Jackie

as Mrs. Scheinhorn

Hank

The Bonnie Hunt Show

as Self

Chuck

as Laura Turner

Pushing Daisies

as Lily Charles

Heroes

as Millie Houston

American Dad!

as Marylin Thacker (voice)

7.0

Category 7: The End of the World

as Penny Hall

Desperate Housewives

as Jessie

Lost

as Emily Locke

Huff

Still Standing

as Helen Michaels

Street Time

as Victoria Van Kleek

2.5

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Hilda Marsden

Love & Money

as Effie Conklin

Harvey

as Veta Simmons

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

as Michelle Naidell (voice)

7.0

More Tales of the City

as Betty Ramsey

Suddenly Susan

as Liz Miller Keane

Party Girl

as Judy

The Outer Limits

as Justice Kendall Woods

Hope and Gloria

as Swoosie Kurtz

as Tina Marie Chambliss

Touched by an Angel

as Libby Glaser

The Magic School Bus

as Dorothy Ann's Mom (voice)

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Sisters

as Alexandra 'Alex' Reed Halsey

Trying Times

as Wanda

Jeopardy!

as Self

Love, Sidney

as Laurie Morgan

Kojak

as Julie Di Nata

Great Performances

as Muriel McComber

The Donna Reed Show

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner