Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz

1944-09-06 Omaha, Nebraska, USA 53 Credits

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. Through...

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Overboard

Overboard

2018

as Grace

6.7
Acting

A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.

An Englishman in New York

An Englishman in New York

2009

as Connie Clausen

6.4
Acting

Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there un...

Living Proof

Living Proof

2008

as Elizabeth

6.5
Acting

Dr Dennis Slamon, an American oncologist, discovers a treatment that could possibly cure breast cancer without radiation or chemotherapy. He tries to ...

Superman: Doomsday

Superman: Doomsday

2007

as Martha Kent (voice)

6.7
Acting

When LexCorp accidentally unleashes a murderous creature, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" st...

Category 7: The End of the World

Category 7: The End of the World

2005

as Penny Hall

6.1
Acting

It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend th...

Nadine in Dateland

Nadine in Dateland

2005

as Mrs. M

5.0
Acting

Nadine is a contradiction in terms; she runs a dating service despite being incredibly unlucky in love. Now, facing serious business problems, she nee...

Duplex

Duplex

2003

as Jean

6.1
Acting

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction

2002

as Mrs. Jared

6.2
Acting

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a...

The Wilde Girls

The Wilde Girls

2001

3.0
Acting

A young girl hopes to follow in her famous singer mother's footsteps, but her mother fears the negative effect fame could have on her daughter's life.

Bubble Boy

Bubble Boy

2001

as Mrs. Livingston

5.7
Acting

Jimmy is a young man who was born without an immune system and has lived his life within a plastic bubble in his bedroom... who pines for the sweet ca...

Get Over It

Get Over It

2001

as Beverly Landers

5.6
Acting

When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the h...

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes

2000

as Binny Redwine

3.8
Acting

Insurance agent Hutch Rimes spends a lot of time at the Sleep Easy Hotel, taking long lurid lunch breaks with a string of sexy secretaries who he hire...

Cruel Intentions

Cruel Intentions

1999

as Dr. Greenbaum

6.8
Acting

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. I...

The White River Kid

The White River Kid

1999

as Mummy Weed

4.8
Acting

Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer who is running from the authorities.

Outside Ozona

Outside Ozona

1998

as Rosalee

5.1
Acting

A widowed trucker fends off isolation in the company of a dog named Girl, two bickering sisters try to reconcile their differences and a down-and-out ...

My Own Country

My Own Country

1998

as Hope Flanders

4.0
Acting

An East Indian physician works with AIDS patients as an epidemic of the disease hits in Tennessee.

Liar Liar

Liar Liar

1997

as Dana Appleton

6.7
Acting

Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

Little Girls in Pretty Boxes

1997

as Allison Bryant

5.0
Acting

A gymnast moves to a gym where the top coach in the US is and has difficulties adjusting.

Citizen Ruth

Citizen Ruth

1996

as Diane Siegler

6.6
Acting

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is...

Harvey

Harvey

1996

as Veta Simmons

4.2
Acting

An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall ...

A Promise to Carolyn

A Promise to Carolyn

1996

as Kay

7.1
Acting

When two sisters can no longer go on living with the painful memory of their baby sister being murdered 37 years ago by their stepmother, together the...

Betrayed: A Story of Three Women

Betrayed: A Story of Three Women

1995

as Joan Bixler

5.8
Acting

Joan Bixler and Amanda Nelson have known each other for several years and lead successful and seemingly functional families. However, their friendship...

One Christmas

One Christmas

1994

as Emily

5.4
Acting

Based on Truman Capote's bittersweet tale of a young boy's adventures with the father he's never known in New Orleans in the 1930s..

Reality Bites

Reality Bites

1994

as Charlane McGregor

6.6
Acting

A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As...

Storybook

Storybook

1994

as Queen Evilia

4.1
Acting

A young boy and his dog discover a magical story book and enter the enchanted Storyland, ruled by wicked Queen Evilia. They'll need a little help from...

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993

as Mrs. Johnstone

6.5
Acting

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

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

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

1993

as Marla Harper

6.2
Acting

A Texas housewife plots hire a hit man to kill the girl who beat out her daughter for a place on the cheerleading squad.

Terror on Track 9

Terror on Track 9

1992

as Marcia Hobbs

3.2
Acting

A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.

Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0
Acting

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

A Shock to the System

A Shock to the System

1990

as Leslie Marshall

6.4
Acting

Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife w...

Stanley & Iris

Stanley & Iris

1990

as Sharon

6.5
Acting

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inabili...

The Image

The Image

1990

as Joanne Winstow-Darvish

5.2
Acting

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.

Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

1988

as Madame de Volanges

7.2
Acting

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for ...

Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

1988

as Megan

5.7
Acting

A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

Vice Versa

Vice Versa

1988

as Tina

5.8
Acting

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

Baja Oklahoma

Baja Oklahoma

1988

as Doris Steadman

6.3
Acting

Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouchi...

The House of Blue Leaves

The House of Blue Leaves

1987

as Bananas Shaughnessy

Acting

On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation, Artie, a zookeeper living in Sunnyside, Queens, t...

True Stories

True Stories

1986

as The Lazy Woman

6.7
Acting

A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent ...

Wildcats

Wildcats

1986

as Verna McGrath

6.2
Acting

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant,...

A Time to Live

A Time to Live

1985

as Patricia

8.5
Acting

The problems of a mother who helps her son in his struggles against muscular dystrophy. From the true story of Peter and Mary-Lou Weisman.

Guilty Conscience

Guilty Conscience

1985

as Jackie Willis

6.0
Acting

Amid acrimonious divorce proceedings, Louise (Blythe Danner) unwittingly puts her life in danger when she contests the prenuptial agreement she signed...

Against All Odds

Against All Odds

1984

as Edie

5.7
Acting

She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love he...

A Caribbean Mystery

A Caribbean Mystery

1983

as Ruth Walter

5.8
Acting

Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort...

Fifth of July

Fifth of July

1982

as Gwen Landis

7.0
Acting

Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggl...

The World According to Garp

The World According to Garp

1982

as The Hooker

6.7
Acting

A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns...

The Mating Season

The Mating Season

1980

as Roberta

Acting

They say opposites attract, but could a romance possibly develop between an attorney, successful at work but unlucky in love, and a divorced man whose...

Marriage Is Alive and Well

Marriage Is Alive and Well

1980

as Jane Tremont

2.0
Acting

A talented wedding photographer, at a crossroads with his own marriage, reflects on tales of past clients and the hope, adversity and romance that hol...

Uncommon Women and Others

Uncommon Women and Others

1979

as Rita Altabel

Acting

While at an impromptu reunion lunch, five women reminisce and relive their college days at Mount Holyoke, and weigh their goals and aspirations agains...

Walking Through the Fire

Walking Through the Fire

1979

as Caria

2.0
Acting

A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the tre...

Oliver's Story

Oliver's Story

1978

as Gwen Simpson

4.8
Acting

Oliver Barrett IV is emotionally devastated by the death of his wife Jenny, and, while he tries to lose himself in his work as a lawyer, the long hour...

First Love

First Love

1977

as Marsha

4.2
Acting

A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.

Slap Shot

Slap Shot

1977

as Shirley Upton

6.8
Acting

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging playe...

Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!

1976

as Muriel McComber

Acting

On the Fourth of July holiday in 1906, the Miller family prepares to celebrate in their New England home. Young Richard, 16, is a thoughtful and poeti...