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Acting

Swoosie Kurtz

Career: Active from 1977 to 2021, busiest in 1988 and 1996 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 24
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Pushing Daisies
91/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
1990 · Won · 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards
Source: Wikidata
Primetime Emmy Awards · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
1990 · Won
Carol & Company
Source: Wikidata

Characters

8

The characters Swoosie Kurtz played, best-known titles first.

Swoosie Kurtz as Dr. Greenbaum

Swoosie Kurtz as Lily

Swoosie Kurtz as Joyce Flynn

Swoosie Kurtz as Bev Burns

Swoosie Kurtz as Megan

Swoosie Kurtz as Sheila

Swoosie Kurtz as Alex

Swoosie Kurtz as Tiffany McKenna

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 70 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Swoosie Kurtz Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Historical
1.2, average 2.5
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Eccentric Characters 5
Character Study 3
Psychological Drama 3
Fish-Out-of-Water 3
Found Family 3
Dark Humor 2
Literary Adaptation 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Situational Comedy 2
Sisterhood 2
New York City Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 56

It's Florida, Man.

63

TV show · as Mrs. Myrtle

Call Me Kat

46

TV show · as Sheila

Rugrats

60

TV show · as Minka / Frau Klump (voice) / Minka (voice)

2010s

7 titles · average score 62

Bless the Harts

65

TV show · as Mee-Maw (voice)

The Dangerous Book for Boys

64

TV show · as Tiffany McKenna

Overboard

45

as Grace

Lethal Weapon

73

TV show · as Ruthie / Ruthie Krumholz

Man with a Plan

48

TV show · as Beverly

Grace and Frankie

77

TV show · as Janet

Mike & Molly

63

TV show · as Joyce Flynn

2000s

22 titles · average score 61

Nurse Jackie

75

TV show · as Mrs. Scheinhorn

Pushing Daisies

91

TV show · as Lily Charles

Superman: Doomsday

60

as Martha Kent (voice)

Chuck

82

TV show · as Laura Turner

Heroes

68

TV show · as Millie Houston

American Dad!

58

TV show · as Marylin Thacker (voice) / Betty Smith (voice)

Lost

83

TV show · as Emily Locke

Desperate Housewives

76

TV show · as Jessie

Bubble Boy

46

as Mrs. Livingston

Get Over It

51

as Beverly Landers

The Wilde Girls

56

as Sierra Lambert

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

51

as Binny Redwine

1990s

32 titles · average score 62

Love & Money

TV show · as Effie Conklin

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Hilda Marsden

53

TV show · as Veta Simmons

Liar Liar

69

as Dana Appleton

Citizen Ruth

70

as Diane Siegler

TV show · as Judy

Reality Bites

67

as Charlane McGregor

Storybook

46

as Queen Evilia

One Christmas

48

as Emily

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom

76

as Marla Harper

Sisters

77

TV show · as Alexandra 'Alex' Reed Halsey

Stanley & Iris

45

as Sharon

1980s

18 titles · average score 60

Dangerous Liaisons

79

as Madame de Volanges

Vice Versa

62

as Tina

Bright Lights, Big City

48

as Megan

Baja Oklahoma

64

as Doris Steadman

The House of Blue Leaves

as Bananas Shaughnessy

Wildcats

41

as Verna McGrath

Guilty Conscience

54

as Jackie Willis

A Time to Live

as Patricia

The World According to Garp

69

as The Hooker

Fifth of July

as Gwen Landis

Love, Sidney

52

TV show · as Laurie Morgan

The Mating Season

as Roberta

1970s

8 titles · average score 61

Uncommon Women and Others

74

as Rita Altabel

Walking Through the Fire

as Caria

Oliver's Story

30

as Gwen Simpson

First Love

48

as Marsha

Slap Shot

74

as Shirley Upton

Ah, Wilderness!

as Muriel McComber

Kojak

72

TV show · as Julie Di Nata

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Rita Altabel / Muriel McComber

1950s

1 title · average score 46

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show