Marcia Jean Kurtz

Marcia Jean Kurtz

1942-02-11 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 40 Credits

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 ap...

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Ex-Husbands

Ex-Husbands

2024

as Eunice Pearce

6.4
Acting

Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On the spur of the moment, he books a trip to Tulum, ...

Armageddon Time

Armageddon Time

2022

as Guide

6.5
Acting

In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins...

The Good Nurse

The Good Nurse

2022

as Jackie

6.9
Acting

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

as Italian Grocer

6.9
Acting

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

mother!

mother!

2017

as Thief

7.0
Acting

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Ass Backwards

Ass Backwards

2013

as Barb

4.5
Acting

Two best friends embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.

Downtown Express

Downtown Express

2012

as Woman on Subway Platform

Acting

Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but overbearing father, a cellist determined to manage ...

Tower Heist

Tower Heist

2011

as Rose

6.1
Acting

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire g...

Black Swan

Black Swan

2010

as Costumer Georgina

7.7
Acting

The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...

Big Fan

Big Fan

2009

as Paul's Mom

6.1
Acting

Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". One night, Paul ...

Miracle at St. Anna

Miracle at St. Anna

2008

as Post Office Customer

6.1
Acting

Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tusca...

The Wrestler

The Wrestler

2008

as Admissions Desk Woman

7.5
Acting

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly bru...

Recount

Recount

2008

as Carol Roberts

6.8
Acting

In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging cha...

The Marconi Bros

The Marconi Bros

2008

as Mrs. Marconi

4.4
Acting

For the past 5 years, 3 months, and 26 days, (not that theyre counting) Anthony and Carmine Marconi have been dutifully serving out life sentences in ...

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007

as Hotel Receptionist

7.1
Acting

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and ...

Arranged

Arranged

2007

as Principal Jacoby

6.1
Acting

ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as first-year teachers at a public school in Brooklyn....

Inside Man

Inside Man

2006

as Miriam Douglas

7.4
Acting

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiation...

Find Me Guilty

Find Me Guilty

2006

as Sara Stiles

6.6
Acting

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

2005

as Mrs. Stein

6.2
Acting

Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working siste...

From Other Worlds

From Other Worlds

2004

as Brian's Mom

3.8
Acting

FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her b...

The Day the Ponies Come Back

The Day the Ponies Come Back

2001

as Thelma

5.8
Acting

While on a business trip to New York City, Frenchman Daniel Moulin hopes to track down his long-lost father. His initial investigation on the rough Br...

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000

as Rae

8.0
Acting

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Center Stage

Center Stage

2000

as Emily's Mother

6.9
Acting

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals wit...

One True Thing

One True Thing

1998

as Marcia

6.5
Acting

A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

The Giraffe

The Giraffe

1998

as Rita Teichmann

5.4
Acting

Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a...

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

1997

as Eileen

6.3
Acting

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Date Rape

Date Rape

1988

as Counselor

Acting

Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.

Running on Empty

Running on Empty

1988

as School Clerk

7.5
Acting

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effo...

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

as Max's Mother

8.4
Acting

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the gh...

Cold Feet

Cold Feet

1984

as Psychiatrist

5.2
Acting

When each is unlucky at love, a TV writer-director and a research scientist begin seeing each other.

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

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

1983

Acting

An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.

Pleasantville

1977

Acting

A 1976 English language drama film written and directed by Kenneth Locker and Vicki Polon, starring John Bottoms, Michael Del Viscovo Jr. and Robert H...

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

as Miriam

7.8
Acting

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turn...

Death Wish

Death Wish

1974

as Receptionist

6.9
Acting

After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be ...

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

1973

as Renee Isaacs

Acting

Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.

The Stoolie

The Stoolie

1972

as Sheila Morrison

Acting

Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resis...

Believe in Me

Believe in Me

1971

as Nurse

5.2
Acting

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot p...

Born to Win

Born to Win

1971

as Marlene

5.3
Acting

A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".

Cry Uncle!

Cry Uncle!

1971

as Russian Girl

4.5
Acting

Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

1971

as Marcie

6.8
Acting

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love ...