Swoosie Kurtz
Acting • Born 1944-09-06
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.
Filmography
99 credits
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie • 1988
Madame de Volanges
Liar Liar
Movie • 1997
Dana Appleton
Cruel Intentions
Movie • 1999
Dr. Greenbaum
Get Over It
Movie • 2001
Beverly Landers
The Rules of Attraction
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Jared
Reality Bites
Movie • 1994
Charlane McGregor
And the Band Played On
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Johnstone
A Shock to the System
Movie • 1990
Leslie Marshall
Against All Odds
Movie • 1984
Edie
The World According to Garp
Movie • 1982
The Hooker
Duplex
Movie • 2003
Jean
A Caribbean Mystery
Movie • 1983
Ruth Walter
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie • 1976
Muriel McComber
True Stories
Movie • 1986
The Lazy Woman
Bubble Boy
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Livingston
Living Proof
Movie • 2008
Elizabeth
Superman: Doomsday
Movie • 2007
Martha Kent (voice)
An Englishman in New York
Movie • 2009
Connie Clausen
Citizen Ruth
Movie • 1996
Diane Siegler
Wildcats
Movie • 1986
Verna McGrath
Guilty Conscience
Movie • 1985
Jackie Willis
The White River Kid
Movie • 1999
Mummy Weed
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Movie • 1993
Marla Harper
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
Movie • 2000
Binny Redwine
The Image
Movie • 1990
Joanne Winstow-Darvish
Outside Ozona
Movie • 1998
Rosalee
My Own Country
Movie • 1998
Hope Flanders
One Christmas
Movie • 1994
Emily
Oliver's Story
Movie • 1978
Gwen Simpson
Harvey
Movie • 1996
Veta Simmons
Uncommon Women and Others
Movie • 1979
Rita Altabel
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
Movie • 1997
Allison Bryant
Betrayed: A Story of Three Women
Movie • 1995
Joan Bixler
Vice Versa
Movie • 1988
Tina
Storybook
Movie • 1994
Queen Evilia
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
First Love
Movie • 1977
Marsha
Stanley & Iris
Movie • 1990
Sharon
Bright Lights, Big City
Movie • 1988
Megan
Nadine in Dateland
Movie • 2005
Mrs. M
Slap Shot
Movie • 1977
Shirley Upton
A Time to Live
Movie • 1985
Patricia
Baja Oklahoma
Movie • 1988
Doris Steadman
Category 7: The End of the World
Movie • 2005
Penny Hall
Overboard
Movie • 2018
Grace
A Promise to Carolyn
Movie • 1996
Kay
Fifth of July
Movie • 1982
Gwen Landis
Walking Through the Fire
Movie • 1979
Caria
Terror on Track 9
Movie • 1992
Marcia Hobbs
Marriage Is Alive and Well
Movie • 1980
Jane Tremont
The House of Blue Leaves
Movie • 1987
Bananas Shaughnessy
The Wilde Girls
Movie • 2001
Sierra Lambert
The Mating Season
Movie • 1980
Roberta
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Marylin Thacker (voice)
Heroes
TV • 2006
Millie Houston
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Jessie
Huff
TV • 2004
The Wild Thornberrys
TV • 1998
Michelle Naidell (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Hilda Marsden
Kojak
TV • 1973
Julie Di Nata
Lost
TV • 2004
Emily Locke
Sisters
TV • 1991
Alexandra 'Alex' Reed Halsey
Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Lily Charles
Love, Sidney
TV • 1981
Laurie Morgan
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Party Girl
TV • 1996
Judy
Street Time
TV • 2002
Victoria Van Kleek
Bless the Harts
TV • 2019
Mee-Maw (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Betty Smith (voice)
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Justice Kendall Woods
Hank
TV • 2009
Love & Money
TV • 1999
Effie Conklin
The Bonnie Hunt Show
TV • 2008
Self
ER
TV • 1994
Tina Marie Chambliss
Rugrats
TV • 2021
Minka (voice)
Mike & Molly
TV • 2010
Joyce Flynn
Chuck
TV • 2007
Laura Turner
Rugrats
TV • 2021
Minka / Frau Klump (voice)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Lethal Weapon
TV • 2016
Ruthie
Lethal Weapon
TV • 2016
Ruthie Krumholz
Still Standing
TV • 2002
Helen Michaels
Hope and Gloria
TV • 1995
Swoosie Kurtz
Suddenly Susan
TV • 1996
Liz Miller Keane
Trying Times
TV • 1987
Wanda
More Tales of the City
TV • 1998
Betty Ramsey
Category 7: The End of the World
TV • 2005
Penny Hall
Grace and Frankie
TV • 2015
Janet
The Dangerous Book for Boys
TV • 2018
Tiffany McKenna
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Libby Glaser
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Muriel McComber
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Rita Altabel
Man with a Plan
TV • 2016
Beverly
Harvey
TV • 1999
Veta Simmons
Call Me Kat
TV • 2021
Sheila
Jeopardy!
TV • 1984
Self
It's Florida, Man.
TV • 2024
Mrs. Myrtle
The Magic School Bus
TV • 1994
Dorothy Ann's Mom (voice)
Nurse Jackie
TV • 2009
Mrs. Scheinhorn