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Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 400 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (576 Ã— 864 pixel, file size: 450 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Swoosie Kurtz ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Government - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area - City 118. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Biography

Early life

Kurtz was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the only child of Air Force Colonel Frank Kurtz, a much decorated WWII American bomber pilot,^[1] and author Margo Kurtz. She got her unique first name "Swoosie" (which rhymes with Lucy, rather than woozy) from her father. It is derived from the sole surviving example, at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, of the B-17D Flying Fortress airplane, named "The Swoose" or simply "Swoose" - half swan, half goose - which her father piloted during World War II. Kurtz's first television appearance was on To Tell the Truth at age eighteen, introducing her father and two impostors. As a military brat, Kurtz moved frequently. Kurtz attended the University of Southern California, where she majored in drama. She then attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 Government - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area - City 118. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... Col. ... National Air and Space Museum exterior The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States. ... <B-17 Flying Fortress A B-17 nicknamed Sally B in England in 2001 The following is an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber. ... The Swoose is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress D-BO, USAAF 40-3097, that saw extensive use in the Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II, and survived to become the oldest B-17 extant. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A panel, from the 1969-78 version. ... Military brat (or simply brat) is a term for someone who grew up while their parent or parents serve or served in the armed forces. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[4]), located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Main LAMDA building on Talgarth Road The MacOwan Theatre The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), founded 1861, is a leading British drama school in west London. ...

Career

Kurtz first gained attention in the late 70s in Uncommon Women and Others, the breakthrough play by Wendy Wasserstein. Kurtz was soon was awarded Broadway's "triple crown" (the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards) for her portrayal of Gwen in Lanford Wilson's The Fifth of July. She won a second Tony for her performance as Bananas in a 1986 revival of The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare. Uncommon Women and Others (1977), is a play by Wendy Wasserstein. ... Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 â€“ January 30, 2006) was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Lanford Wilson (born on April 13, 1937 in Lebanon, Missouri) is an American playwright. ... John Guare (pronounced gwÃ¢r, born 5 February 1938) is an American playwright. ...

In 1978, she was part of the ensemble cast of Mary Tyler Moore's short lived variety series Mary, that also included David Letterman and Michael Keaton. Later, Kurtz had starring roles in the television series Love, Sidney and Sisters. She has also received an Emmy for her guest-starring performance on Carol Burnett's comedy series Carol & Company, playing a woman who attends her 20th high-school reunion and discovers her former sweetheart — a football player — has been through a sex change operation. Recently, Kurtz has had a recurring guest role as Judy Miller's mother on the CBS sitcom Still Standing, John Locke's mother, Emily Annabeth Locke, on Lost, and as Beth Huffstodt's mother on Huff. She is slated to star on the new ABC teleision series, Pushing Daisies, beginning in September of 2007. This article is about Mary Tyler Moore, the actress. ... For the 1985 sitcom, see Mary (TV series) Mary was a variety-type program briefly broadcast by CBS as part of its 1978-79 fall lineup. ... David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an award-winning American television personality, late night talk show host, television producer, philanthropist, and Indy race car owner. ... Michael Keaton (born Michael John Douglas on September 5, 1951) is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Batman, Batman Returns and Beetlejuice. ... Love, Sidney was a 1981-1983 comedy television series which starred Tony Randall. ... Sisters was a television drama which aired on NBC from 1991 to 1996. ... An Emmy Award. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a successful comedienne mostly on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Carol & Company was a comedy program airing on NBC-TV in the United States during 1990 and 1991. ... Sex reassignment therapy is an umbrella term for all medical procedures regarding gender reassignment of both transgender and intersexual people. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Still Standing was an American comedy television series that aired for four seasons from 2002-2006. ... Johnathan Locke, or John, but most often referred to by his last name, Locke, is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Terry OQuinn. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Huff was a Showtime television series about a successful psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office after rejection from exposing his homosexuality to his parents. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...

Kurtz frequently received stellar reviews even in less praised projects, and she is widely respected as one of Hollywood's most sought-after supporting actresses, doing a lot of work she would rather not so as to pay the bills and be able to really act in the theatre.

Filmography

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Get Over It is a 2001 film directed by Tommy OHaver. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Cruel Intentions is a 1999 American feature film starring Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. ... A film made in 1998 by J.S. Cardone. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Liar Liar (1997) is an American comedy film starring Jim Carrey. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Party Girl is a 1995 a film which tells the story of a young woman, Mary, who is living a self-destructive life of drug taking and partying. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Citizen Ruth is a 1996 film that tells a story of a poor, irresponsible, and pregnant woman who unexpectedly attracts attention from those involved in the debate about the morality and legality of abortion. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reality Bites is a 1994 film written by Helen Childress and featuring the directorial debut of Ben Stiller. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom is a 1993 comedy TV movie produced by and for HBO. It was directed by Michael Ritchie and starred Holly Hunter, Swoozie Kurtz and Beau Bridges. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sisters was a television drama which aired on NBC from 1991 to 1996. ... A Shock to the System is: a novel by British author Simon Brett, first published in 1984. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Stanley and Iris is a 1990 drama-romance film starring Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro, directed by Martin Ritt. ... Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Uncommon Women and Others (1977), is a play by Wendy Wasserstein. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Olivers Story is the sequel to the famous book Love Story, turned into a movie of the same name in 1978. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Slap Shot is a 1977 Hollywood film production starring Paul Newman and directed by George Roy Hill. ... As the World Turns (ATWT) is the second longest-running American television soap opera (the first being Guiding Light), airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30pm. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...

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External links

Categories: 1944 births | American film actors | American stage actors | American television actors | Emmy Award winners | Living people | Military brats | People from Nebraska | Tony Award winners The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Internet Broadway Database The Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. ... The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ... The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ... The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ... The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ... The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ...

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