Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz
Born	September 6, 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Notable Roles	Alexandra Reed Halsey Barker in Sisters
Notable Episodes
Awards

Roles

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Donna Reed Show	Mimi	4x23 - The Golden Trap	February 22, 1962
Kojak	Julie Di Nata	4x12 - Black Thorn	December 5, 1976
Carol & Company	Laurie	1x02 - Reunion	April 7, 1990
Hope & Gloria	Herself	2x06 - How to Get an Ed in Business	November 12, 1995
Suddenly Susan	Liz Miller Keane	1x06 - Lie! Lie! My Darling	October 31, 1996
Suddenly Susan	Liz Miller Keane	1x21 - Family Affairs	May 1, 1997
Suddenly Susan	Liz Miller Keane	2x04 - Next Stop, Heaven	October 13, 1997
Touched by an Angel	Libby King	4x09 - Charades	November 16, 1997
ER	Tina Marie Chambliss	4x21 - Suffer the Little Children	May 7, 1998
The Outer Limits	Kendall Woods	6x21 - Final Appeal (1)	September 3, 2000
The Outer Limits	Kendall Woods	6x22 - Final Appeal (2)	September 3, 2000
The Fighting Fitzgeralds		1x03 - When Irish Eyes Are Smilin'	March 20, 2001
That's Life	Valerie Wilkinson	2x06 - Boo!	November 2, 2001
That's Life	Valerie Wilkinson	2x07 - Plus One	November 9, 2001
That's Life	Valerie Wilkinson	2x08 - Idiots	November 16, 2001
That's Life	Valerie Wilkinson	2x17 - Gutterball	Unaired (2002)
Street Time	Victoria Van Kleek	1x07 - The Truth Hurts... Bad	July 28, 2002
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	1x03 - Lipstick on Your Panties	November 21, 2004
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	1x05 - Flashpants	December 5, 2004
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	1x09 - Christmas Is Ruined	January 2, 2005
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	1x12 - All the King's Horses	January 23, 2005
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	1x13 - Crazy Nuts & All Fucked Up	January 30, 2005
Lost	Emily Annabeth Locke	1x19 - Deus Ex Machina	March 30, 2005
Still Standing	Helen Michaels	3x21 - Still Mother's Day	May 2, 2005
Still Standing	Helen Michaels	4x06 - Still Aging	November 2, 2005
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	2x01 - Maps Don't Talk (1)	April 2, 2006
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	2x02 - Maps Don't Talk (2)	April 2, 2006
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	2x03 - Whipped Doggie	April 9, 2006
Huff	Madeleine Sullivan	2x13 - Do Not Disturb	June 25, 2006
American Dad	Marilyn	2x03 - Failure Is Not a Factory-Installed Option	September 24, 2006
American Dad	Betty	3x11 - Oedipal Panties	January 27, 2008
Desperate Housewives	Jessie	5x17 - The Story of Lucie and Jessie	March 15, 2009
Heroes	Millie	3x20 - Cold Snap	March 23, 2009
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Hilda Marsden	10x20 - Crush	May 5, 2009
Chuck	Laura Turner	3x15 - Chuck Versus the Role Models	May 3, 2010

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Ah, Wilderness!	Muriel McComber	October 13, 1976
Walking Through the Fire	Caria	May 15, 1979
Uncommon Women... and Others	Rita Altabel	June 20, 1979
Marriage Is Alive and Well	Jane Tremont	January 25, 1980
The Mating Season	Roberta	December 30, 1980
Fifth of July	Gwen Landis	1982
The 36th Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 6, 1982	Tony Awards
A Caribbean Mystery	Ruth Walter	October 22, 1983
Guilty Conscience	Jackie Willis	1985
A Time to Live	Patricia	October 28, 1985
The House of Blue Leaves	Bananas Shaughnessy	May 25, 1987
The 41st Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 7, 1987	Tony Awards
Baja Oklahoma	Doris Steadman	February 20, 1988
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 4, 1989	Tony Awards
The Image	Joanne Winstow-Darvish	January 27, 1990
Terror on Track 9	Marcia Hobbs	September 20, 1992
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom	Marla Harper	April 10, 1993
And the Band Played On	Mrs. Johnstone	September 11, 1993
The 48th Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 12, 1994	Tony Awards
One Christmas	Emily	December 19, 1994
The 1st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	Herself	February 25, 1995	Screen Actors Guild Awards
Betrayed: A Story of Three Women	Joan Bixler	March 19, 1995
A Promise to Carolyn	Kay	January 16, 1996
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes	Allison Bryant	January 19, 1997
The 51st Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 1, 1997	Tony Awards
My Own Country	Hope	1998
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 7, 1998	Tony Awards
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 6, 1999	Tony Awards
Harvey	Veta Simmons	July 18, 1999
The Wilde Girls	Sierra Lambert	November 4, 2001
The 58th Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 6, 2004	Tony Awards
True		2005
Nadine in Date Land		June 25, 2005
Category 7: The End of the World	Penny Hall	November 6, 2005
The 61st Annual Tony Awards	Herself	June 10, 2007	Tony Awards

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Rosie O'Donnell Show		December 9, 1996
Tavis Smiley		October 10, 2007

Awards and Accolades

Tony Awards

• Won: Best Featured Actress in a Play (1981)

Fifth of July

• Won: Best Featured Actress in a Play (1986)

The House of Blue Leaves

Primetime Emmy Awards

(1 Win in 10 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (1990)

Carol & Company