Acting
Swoosie Kurtz
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Born
6 September 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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
Filmography
Overboard
as Grace
An Englishman in New York
as Connie Clausen
Living Proof
as Elizabeth
Superman: Doomsday
as Martha Kent (voice)
Nadine in Dateland
as Mrs. M
Duplex
as Jean
The Rules of Attraction
as Mrs. Jared
Get Over It
as Beverly Landers
Bubble Boy
as Mrs. Livingston
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
Outside Ozona
as Rosalee
My Own Country
as Hope Flanders
Liar Liar
as Dana Appleton
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
as Allison Bryant
Citizen Ruth
as Diane Siegler
Harvey
as Veta Simmons
Betrayed: A Story of Three Women
as Joan Bixler
Reality Bites
as Charlane McGregor
One Christmas
as Emily
Storybook
as Queen Evilia
And the Band Played On
as Mrs. Johnstone
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
The Image
as Joanne Winstow-Darvish
Stanley & Iris
as Sharon
Dangerous Liaisons
as Madame de Volanges
Vice Versa
as Tina
Baja Oklahoma
as Doris Steadman
The House of Blue Leaves
as Bananas Shaughnessy
True Stories
as The Lazy Woman
Wildcats
as Verna McGrath
Guilty Conscience
as Jackie Willis
A Time to Live
as Patricia
Against All Odds
as Edie
A Caribbean Mystery
as Ruth Walter
The World According to Garp
as The Hooker
Fifth of July
as Gwen Landis
Marriage Is Alive and Well
as Jane Tremont
The Mating Season
as Roberta
Uncommon Women and Others
as Rita Altabel
Oliver's Story
as Gwen Simpson
First Love
as Marsha
Slap Shot
as Shirley Upton
Mary
as Self (Various Characters)
Ah, Wilderness!
as Muriel McComber