
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Biography
Marcia Jean Kurtz is an American film, stage, and television actress and director. She has appeared in such films as The Panic in Needle Park, In Her Shoes, Dog Day Afternoon and Big Fan. Kurtz won an Obie Award for her performance as Doris in Donald Margulies' The Loman Family Picnic. She was also nominated for both an Obie and a Drama Desk Award for her role in Martin Sherman's When She Danced. Kurtz also directed Matty Selman's Uncle Phillip's Coat and Evan Handler's Time of Fire. She has appeared several times on the television series Law & Order.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Dog Day Afternoon
as Miriam
1975

Requiem for a Dream
as Rae
2000

In Her Shoes
as Mrs. Stein
2005

One True Thing
as Marcia
1998

The Panic in Needle Park
as Marcie
1971

Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983

Big Fan
as Paul's Mom
2009

Ex-Husbands
as Eunice Pearce
2024

Black Swan
as Costumer Georgina
2010

Believe in Me
as Nurse
1971

Tower Heist
as Rose
2011

Armageddon Time
as Guide
2022

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
as Renee Isaacs
1973

Death Wish
as Receptionist
1974

The Day the Ponies Come Back
as Thelma
2001

Downtown Express
as Woman on Subway Platform
2012

Born to Win
as Marlene
1971

Inside Man
as Miriam Douglas
2006

The Good Nurse
as Jackie
2022

Ass Backwards
as Barb
2013
TV Appearances

Law & Order
as Carla Lowenstein
1990

Kate & Allie
1984

Hope & Faith
as Olga
2003

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Coetzee
1999

Against the Law
1990

The Blacklist
as Edna Brimley
2013

Law & Order
as Alice Halsey
1990

Blue Bloods
as Marion Davis
2010

Sex and the City
as Noanie
1998

Law & Order
as Myrna Bauer
1990

100 Centre Street
2001