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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Complete Filmography
Ex-Husbands
2024
as Eunice Pearce
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
2022
as Guide
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
2022
as Jackie
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
2018
as Italian Grocer
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
mother!
2017
as Thief
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
Ass Backwards
2013
as Barb
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
2012
as Woman on Subway Platform
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
2011
as Rose
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
2010
as Costumer Georgina
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
2009
as Paul's Mom
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
2008
as Post Office Customer
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
2008
as Admissions Desk Woman
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
2008
as Carol Roberts
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
2008
as Mrs. Marconi
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
2007
as Hotel Receptionist
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
2007
as Principal Jacoby
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
2006
as Miriam Douglas
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
2006
as Sara Stiles
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
2005
as Mrs. Stein
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
2004
as Brian's Mom
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
2001
as Thelma
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
2000
as Rae
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Center Stage
2000
as Emily's Mother
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
1998
as Marcia
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
The Giraffe
1998
as Rita Teichmann
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
1997
as Eileen
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
1988
as Counselor
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.
Running on Empty
1988
as School Clerk
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
1984
as Max's Mother
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
1984
as Psychiatrist
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
1983
An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.
Pleasantville
1977
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
1975
as Miriam
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
1974
as Receptionist
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
1973
as Renee Isaacs
Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.
The Stoolie
1972
as Sheila Morrison
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
1971
as Nurse
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
1971
as Marlene
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
Cry Uncle!
1971
as Russian Girl
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
The Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Marcie
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 ...