Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz (2009)

Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944 in Omaha , Nebraska ) is an American actress .

Life

Swoosie Kurtz's mother Margo was a writer and her father Frank Kurtz was a colonel in the United States Air Force . She got her first name after the B-17 bomber "Swoose Goose" flown by her father in the Philippines during the Pacific War . Kurtz studied at the University of Southern California and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . She starred in several Broadway - plays , for which they, among others, with the Tony Award was awarded. She was awarded an Emmy for her role in the television series Carol & Company (1990) .

Kurtz played in numerous films such as Baja Oklahoma (1988), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe . In the film Dangerous Liaisons (1988) she starred alongside Glenn Close , John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer in the film Stanley & Iris (1990) next to Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro . Since September 2010 she has played the role of Joyce Flynn in the series Mike & Molly .

Filmography (selection)

• 1977: Slap Shot (Slap Shot)
• 1984: Against All Odds (Against All Odds)
• 1985: Louise Jamison's Many Deaths (Guilty Conscience)
• 1986: American Wildcats (Wildcats)
• 1988: Bright Lights, Big City (Bright Lights, Big City)
• 1988: Love in Texan (Baja Oklahoma)
• 1988 Dangerous liaisons (Dangerous liaisons)
• 1988: I am you (Vice Versa)
• 1990: Stanley & Iris
• 1991–1996: A bouquet of daughters (sisters)
• 1993: ... and life goes on (And the Band Played On)
• 1994: Reality Bites - Full of Life (Reality Bites)
• 1996: Baby Business (Citizen Ruth)
• 1997: Liar Liar (Liar Liar)
• 1997: Reaching for the Stars (Little Girls in Pretty Boxes)
• 1998: Outside Ozona
• 1999: Ice Cold Angels (Cruel Intentions)
• 2000: Rest softly! (Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes)
• 2001: Ran an die Braut (Get Over It)
• 2001: Bubble Boy
• 2003: The Schreck Apartment (Duplex)
• 2004: Lost (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2005: Still Standing (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2005: Category 7 - The End of the World (Category 7: The End of the World)
• 2007–2009: Pushing Daisies (TV series, 22 episodes)
• 2009: To Englishman in New York
• 2009: Desperate Housewives (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2010-2016: Mike & Molly (TV series, 127 episodes)
• 2016-2018: Grace and Frankie (Netflix series, 2 episodes)
• 2017-2018: Man with a Plan (TV series, 25 episodes)
• 2018: Lethal Weapon (TV series, episodes 2x15–2x16)

Web links

Commons : Swoosie Kurtz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Swoosie Kurtz in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

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