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 from the Wikipedia article Swoosie Kurtz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
Dangerous Liaisons
as Madame de Volanges
1988
Liar Liar
as Dana Appleton
1997
Cruel Intentions
as Dr. Greenbaum
1999
Get Over It
as Beverly Landers
2001
The Rules of Attraction
as Mrs. Jared
2002
Reality Bites
as Charlane McGregor
1994
And the Band Played On
as Mrs. Johnstone
1993
A Shock to the System
as Leslie Marshall
1990
Against All Odds
as Edie
1984
The World According to Garp
as The Hooker
1982
Duplex
as Jean
2003
A Caribbean Mystery
as Ruth Walter
1983
Ah, Wilderness!
as Muriel McComber
1976
True Stories
as The Lazy Woman
1986
Bubble Boy
as Mrs. Livingston
2001
Living Proof
as Elizabeth
2008
Superman: Doomsday
as Martha Kent (voice)
2007
An Englishman in New York
as Connie Clausen
2009
Citizen Ruth
as Diane Siegler
1996
Wildcats
as Verna McGrath
1986
TV Appearances
American Dad!
as Marylin Thacker (voice)
2005
Heroes
as Millie Houston
2006
Desperate Housewives
as Jessie
2004
Huff
2004
The Wild Thornberrys
as Michelle Naidell (voice)
1998
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Hilda Marsden
1999
Kojak
as Julie Di Nata
1973
Lost
as Emily Locke
2004
Sisters
as Alexandra 'Alex' Reed Halsey
1991
Pushing Daisies
as Lily Charles
2007
Love, Sidney
as Laurie Morgan
1981
The Donna Reed Show
1958