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Swoosie Kurtz

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress | * 09/06/1944 (79) | Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA))
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Swoosie Kurtz ( SWOO-see; born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and two Tony Awards. Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness. She has received five Tony Award nominations, winning for both Fifth Of July (1981) and The House of Blue Leaves (1986); her other nominations were for Tartuffe (1988), Frozen (2004), and Heartbreak House (2007). For her television work, she has received eight Emmy Award nominations, with one win for Carol and Company in 1990. Other television credits include the NBC drama Sisters (1991–1996), Huff (2004–2006), Pushing Daisies (2007–2009), and the hit CBS sitcom Mike & Molly (2010–2016). Her films include Wildcats (1986), <... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate. ...

The Rules of Attraction

R

2002 | 3.1/5 | 1h 51min
Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
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Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's w ...

Liar Liar

PG-13

1997 | 3.3/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy
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Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kath ...

Cruel Intentions

R

1999 | 3.4/5 | 1h 38min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe dec ...

Bubble Boy

PG-13

2001 | 2.9/5 | 1h 24min
Comedy, Adventure, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Swoosie Kurtz

2x Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series 2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Swoosie Kurtz as Actress(53)

as Grace2018 Overboard
as Connie Clausen2009 An Englishman in New York
as Elizabeth2008 Living Proof
as Martha Kent (voice)2007 Superman: Doomsday
as Penny Hall2005 Category 7: The End of the World
as Mrs. M2005 Nadine in Dateland
as Jean2003 Duplex
as Mrs. Jared2002 The Rules of Attraction
as Beverly Landers2001 Get Over It
2001 The Wilde Girls
as Mrs. Livingston2001 Bubble Boy
as Binny Redwine2000 Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
as Dr. Greenbaum1999 Cruel Intentions
as Mummy Weed1999 The White River Kid
as Hope Flanders1998 My Own Country
as Rosalee1998 Outside Ozona
as Dana Appleton1997 Liar Liar
as Allison Bryant1997 Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
as Kay1996 A Promise to Carolyn
as Queen Evilia1996 Storybook
as Diane Siegler1996 Citizen Ruth
as Veta Simmons1996 Harvey
as Joan Bixler1995 Betrayed: A Story of Three Women
as Emily1994 One Christmas
as Charlane McGregor1994 Reality Bites
as Mrs. Johnstone1993 And the Band Played On
as Marla Harper1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
as Marcia Hobbs1992 Terror on Track 9
as herself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as Joanne Winstow-Darvish1990 The Image
as Sharon1990 Stanley & Iris
as Leslie Marshall1990 A Shock to the System
as Doris Steadman1988 Baja Oklahoma
as Madame de Volanges1988 Dangerous Liaisons
as Tina1988 Vice Versa
as Megan1988 Bright Lights, Big City
as Bananas Shaughnessy1987 The House of Blue Leaves
as The Lazy Woman1986 True Stories
as Verna McGrath1986 Wildcats
1985 Guilty Conscience
as Patricia1985 A Time to Live
as Edie1984 Against All Odds
as Ruth Walter1983 A Caribbean Mystery
as Gwen Landis1982 Fifth Of July
as The Hooker1982 The World According to Garp
as Jane Tremont1980 Marriage Is Alive and Well
as Roberta1980 The Mating Season
as Caria1979 Walking Through the Fire
as Rita Altabel1979 Uncommon Women and Others
as Gwen Simpson1978 Oliver's Story
as Shirley Upton1977 Slap Shot
as Marsha1977 First Love
as Muriel McComber1976 Ah, Wilderness!

TV Shows/Series with Swoosie Kurtz as Actress(30)

as Sheila2021 Call Me Kat
as Mee-Maw (voice)2019 Bless the Harts
as Tiffany McKenna2018 The Dangerous Book for Boys
as Beverly2016 Man with a Plan
as Ruthie2016 Lethal Weapon
as Ruthie Krumholz2016 Lethal Weapon
as Joyce Flynn2010 Mike & Molly
2009 Hank
2008 The Bonnie Hunt Show
as Lily Charles2007 Pushing Daisies
as Laura Turner2007 Chuck
as Millie Houston2006 Heroes
as Marylin Thacker (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Betty Smith (voice)2005 American Dad!
as Emily Locke2004 Lost
2004 Desperate Housewives
2004 Huff
as Judge Hilda Marsden1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Betty Ramsey1998 More Tales of the City
as Michelle Naidell (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
as Judy1996 Party Girl
1995 The Outer Limits
as Tina Marie Chambliss1994 ER
as Alex Reed1991 Sisters
as Wanda1987 Trying Times
as Laurie Morgan1981 Love, Sidney
as Julie Di Nata1973 Kojak
as Muriel McComber1971 Great Performances
as Rita Altabel1971 Great Performances
1958 The Donna Reed Show

Born: Wednesday, 09/06 1944 (September) in Omaha, Nebraska (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 79 years + 226 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Southern California, USC School of Dramatic Arts, Hollywood High School
Father: Frank Kurtz
Other names for Swoosie Kurtz (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Свузи Кёрц"
Swoosie Kurtz frequently works together with these people:
Mike Barker (34x, Actor)
Kevin Michael Richardson (32x, Actor)
Paget Brewster (25x, Actress)
Chris Diamantopoulos (25x, Actor)
Fred Tatasciore (16x, Actor)
Jill Talley (16x, Actress)
John DiMaggio (15x, Actor)
Mike Henry (15x, Actor)
Alan Tudyk (14x, Actor)
David Herman (12x, Actor)
Andy Richter (12x, Actor)
Ben Stiller (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6297, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/16/2024