Swoosie Kurtz
Acting
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.
Born: September 6, 1944
Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known For
A Time to Live
The problems of a mother who helps her son in his struggles against muscular dystrophy. From the true story of Peter and Mary-Lou Weisman.
Lost
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Desperate Housewives
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Pushing Daisies
A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.
Chuck
When Buy More computer geek Chuck Bartowski unwittingly downloads a database of government information and deadly fighting skills into his head, he becomes the CIA's most vital secret. This sets Chuck on a path to become a full-fledged spy.
Huff
Dr. Craig Huffstodt, a family man and a successful psychiatrist, gets a wake-up call after a tragedy occurs with one of his patients.
The Outer Limits
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
Grace and Frankie
Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - when their husbands leave them for each other. Together, they must face starting over in their 70s in a 21st century world.
Filmography
as Mrs. Myrtle
as Minka (voice)
as Minka / Frau Klump (voice)
as Sheila
as Mee-Maw (voice)
as Grace
as Tiffany McKenna
as Beverly
as Ruthie
as Ruthie Krumholz
as Janet
as Joyce Flynn
as Mrs. Scheinhorn
as Connie Clausen
as Elizabeth
as Self
as Lily Charles
as Laura Turner
as Martha Kent (voice)
as Millie Houston
as Penny Hall
as Penny Hall
as Mrs. M
as Marylin Thacker (voice)
as Betty Smith (voice)
as Jessie
as Emily Locke
as Jean
as Mrs. Jared
as Helen Michaels
as Victoria Van Kleek
as Sierra Lambert
as Mrs. Livingston
as Beverly Landers
as Binny Redwine
as Effie Conklin
as Hilda Marsden
as Dr. Greenbaum
as Mummy Weed
as Rosalee
as Michelle Naidell (voice)
as Hope Flanders
as Betty Ramsey
as Dana Appleton
as Allison Bryant
as Diane Siegler
as Veta Simmons
as Liz Miller Keane
as Kay
as Justice Kendall Woods
as Joan Bixler
as Swoosie Kurtz
as Emily
as Libby Glaser
as Tina Marie Chambliss
as Dorothy Ann's Mom (voice)
as Charlane McGregor
as Queen Evilia
as Self
as Mrs. Johnstone
as Marcia Hobbs
as Alexandra 'Alex' Reed Halsey
as Self
as Leslie Marshall
as Sharon
as Joanne Winstow-Darvish
as Madame de Volanges
as Megan
as Tina
as Doris Steadman
as Bananas Shaughnessy
as The Lazy Woman
as Verna McGrath
as Patricia
as Jackie Willis
as Self
as Edie
as Ruth Walter
as Gwen Landis
as The Hooker
as Laurie Morgan
as Roberta
as Jane Tremont
as Rita Altabel
as Caria
as Gwen Simpson
as Marsha
as Shirley Upton
as Muriel McComber
as Julie Di Nata
as Muriel McComber
as Rita Altabel
as Self - Winner