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

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• The Talk — Self
• 2008Hope and Miracles: The Making of 'Living Proof' — Self
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• Jeopardy! — Self
• 1977Mary — Self (Various Characters)