Swoosie Kurtz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-09-06 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Swoosie Kurtz

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...

Acting

1988

Dangerous Liaisons

as Madame de Volanges

1997

Liar Liar

as Dana Appleton

1999

Cruel Intentions

as Dr. Greenbaum

2001

Get Over It

as Beverly Landers

2002

1994

Reality Bites

as Charlane McGregor

1993

And the Band Played On

as Mrs. Johnstone

1990

A Shock to the System

as Leslie Marshall

1984

2003

Duplex

as Jean

1983

A Caribbean Mystery

as Ruth Walter

1976

Ah, Wilderness!

as Muriel McComber

1986

True Stories

as The Lazy Woman

2001

Bubble Boy

as Mrs. Livingston

2008

Living Proof

as Elizabeth

2007

Superman: Doomsday

as Martha Kent (voice)

2009

An Englishman in New York

as Connie Clausen

1996

Citizen Ruth

as Diane Siegler

1986

Wildcats

as Verna McGrath

1985

Guilty Conscience

as Jackie Willis

1999

The White River Kid

as Mummy Weed

2000

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

as Binny Redwine

1990

The Image

as Joanne Winstow-Darvish

1998

Outside Ozona

as Rosalee

1998

My Own Country

as Hope Flanders

1994

1978

Oliver's Story

as Gwen Simpson

1996

Harvey

as Veta Simmons

1979

1997

1988

Vice Versa

as Tina

1994

Storybook

as Queen Evilia

1977

First Love

as Marsha

1990

2005

1977

Slap Shot

as Shirley Upton

1985

A Time to Live

as Patricia

1988

Baja Oklahoma

as Doris Steadman

2018

Overboard

as Grace

1982

Fifth of July

as Gwen Landis

1992

Terror on Track 9

as Marcia Hobbs

1980

1987

The House of Blue Leaves

as Bananas Shaughnessy

1980

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