Swoosie Kurtz
Actor
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. Throughout her career she has remained active in theater, earning five Tony Award nominations and winning two over the last three decades.
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Overboard (2018)
As: Grace
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee. A remake of the 1987 comedy.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Rob Greenberg
Stars: Eva Longoria | Eugenio Derbez | Anna Faris | Swoosie Kurtz | John Hannah
An Englishman in New York (2009)
As: Connie Clausen
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 until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his seemingly cavalier response to the outbreak of AIDS to his tender relationship with his friend Patrick Angus and his own response to growing old.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Richard Laxton
Stars: John Hurt | Jonathan Tucker | Cynthia Nixon | Denis O'Hare | Swoosie Kurtz
Superman/Doomsday (2007)
As: Martha Kent (voice)
When LexCorps accidentally unleash a murderous creature, Doomsday, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Bruce Timm | Lauren Montgomery
Stars: Anne Heche | Swoosie Kurtz | Adam Baldwin | James Marsters | John DiMaggio
Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
As: Penny Hall
It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful scientist Faith Clavell, storm chaser Tommy Tornado, and Judith Carr, the head of FEMA, can stop the inevitable from happening-if they have the courage to venture into the roiling blackness of the storm itself.
Runtime: 169 min.
Directed by: Dick Lowry
Stars: Gina Gershon | Randy Quaid | Shannen Doherty | Robert Wagner | Cameron Daddo
Nadine in Dateland (2005)
As: Mrs. M
Nadine (Garofalo) is a contradiction in terms; she runs a dating service despite being incredibly unlucky in love. Now, facing serious business problems, she needs to find the right guy to turn her fortune around.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Amie Steir
Stars: Swoosie Kurtz | Janeane Garofalo | Tamala Jones | Brad Rowe | Julie Claire
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (2004)
As: Binny Redwine
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 hires for their "special talents". Ten years ago, one of his office honeys tried to get him to kill her abusive husband. The plan backfired when the hubby killed her by mistake, got sent up the river, and lucky Hutch made a fortune buying off a piece ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Matthew Irmas
Stars: Swoosie Kurtz | Sean Moran | Stacey Travis | Steven Weber | Gail O'Grady
Duplex (2003)
As: Jean
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!
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Danny DeVito
Stars: Ben Stiller | Justin Theroux | Amber Valletta | Drew Barrymore | Eileen Essell
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
As: Mrs. Jared
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 bisexual classmate.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Roger Avary
Stars: Shannyn Sossamon | Jessica Biel | Kate Bosworth | James Van Der Beek | Ian Somerhalder
Bubble Boy (2001)
As: Mrs. Livingston
Jimmy is 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 caresses of girl-next-door Chloe. But when Chloe decides to marry her high school boyfriend, Jimmy -- bubble suit and all -- treks cross-country to stop her. Swoosie Kurtz, as Jimmy's overprotective mom, co-stars along with Fabio, who portrays the leader of a ...
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Blair Hayes
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Danny Trejo | John Carroll Lynch | Marley Shelton | Swoosie Kurtz
Get Over It (2001)
As: Beverly Landers
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 help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring musical. Thus ensues a love triangle loosely based upon Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where Berke is only to find himself getting over Allison and beginning ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Stars: Zoe Saldana | Kirsten Dunst | Ben Foster | Colin Hanks | Melissa Sagemiller
Cruel Intentions (1999)
As: Dr. Regina Greenbaum
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Roger Kumble
Stars: Ryan Phillippe | Louise Fletcher | Reese Witherspoon | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Selma Blair
The White River Kid (1999)
As: Mummy Weed
Two con men are traveling through the American South when they are held hostage by a serial killer, who is running from the authorities.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Arne Glimcher
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Ellen Barkin | Antonio Banderas | Wes Bentley | Kim Dickens
Outside Ozona (1998)
As: Rosalee
A drama revolving around a group of strangers brought together by a common occurrence as well as listening to the same radio station.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: J.S. Cardone
Stars: Robert Forster | Kevin Pollak | David Paymer | Penelope Ann Miller | Sherilyn Fenn
Harvey (1998)
As: Veta Simmons
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 rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: George Schaefer
Stars: Jessica Hecht | Swoosie Kurtz | Jonathan Banks | Leslie Nielsen | Harry Anderson
My Own Country (1998)
As: Hope Flanders
After obtaining his medical degree from Madras Medical College, Dr. Abraham Verghese decides to re-locate to Johnson City, Tennessee. He eventually gets married to Rajani, who is an accomplished dancer, and has a boy, Steven. Since Abraham specializes in infectious diseases, he takes special interest in patients suffering from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS), and presents his work ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Mira Nair
Stars: Swoosie Kurtz | Glenne Headly | Marisa Tomei | Hal Holbrook | Naveen Andrews
Liar Liar (1997)
As: Dana Appleton
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Stars: Jennifer Tilly | Cary Elwes | Jim Carrey | Swoosie Kurtz | Maura Tierney
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997)
As: Allison Bryant
A gymnast moves to a gym where the top coach in the US is and has difficulties adjusting.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Christopher Leitch
Stars: John Ashton | Swoosie Kurtz | Courtney Peldon | Philip Casnoff | Linda Hart
Citizen Ruth (1996)
As: Diane Siegler
"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 a comedy about one woman caught in the ultimate tug-of-war: a clash of wild, noisy, ridiculous people that rapidly dissolves into a media circus.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Stars: Mary Kay Place | Kelly Preston | Swoosie Kurtz | Kurtwood Smith | Laura Dern
Storybook (1996)
As: Queen Evilia
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 his literary friends to get back to the real world.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Lorenzo Doumani
Stars: William McNamara | Swoosie Kurtz | Richard Moll | Milton Berle | Sean Fitzgerald
A Promise to Carolyn (1996)
As: Kay
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 they try to uncover the truth.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Jerry London
Stars: Swoosie Kurtz | Grace Zabriskie | Shirley Knight | Lawrence Monoson | Delta Burke
One Christmas (1994)
As: Emily
TV film that was to be Katherine Hepburn's last performance. 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..
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tony Bill
Stars: Tonea Stewart | Pat Hingle | Katharine Hepburn | T.J. Lowther | Henry Winkler
Reality Bites (1994)
As: Charlane McGregor
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 they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Stars: Ben Stiller | Steve Zahn | Ethan Hawke | Winona Ryder | Janeane Garofalo
And the Band Played On (1993)
As: Mrs. Johnstone
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Runtime: 141 min.
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Matthew Modine | Anjelica Huston | Patrick Bauchau | Richard Gere | Alan Alda
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom (1993)
As: Marla Harper
When her daughter Shanna is disqualified from competing for her Junior High School cheer leading squad, Wanda Holloway tries to get her ex-husband's brother, Terry Harper, to hire a hitman to incapacitate Shanna's rival or the girl's mother. He wants nothing to do with ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Beau Bridges | Gregg Henry | Swoosie Kurtz | Elizabeth Ruscio | Holly Hunter
A Shock to the System (1990)
As: Leslie Marshall
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Jan Egleson
Stars: Michael Caine | Will Patton | Peter Riegert | Swoosie Kurtz | Elizabeth McGovern
Stanley & Iris (1990)
As: Sharon
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 inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Martin Ritt
Stars: Robert De Niro | Martha Plimpton | Swoosie Kurtz | Jane Fonda | Jamey Sheridan
The Image (1990)
As: Joanne Winstow-Darvish
Jason Cromwell, a TV-news anchorman, wrongly implicates a good friend in a savings-and-loan scandal.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Peter Werner
Stars: Kathy Baker | Swoosie Kurtz | Albert Finney | Marsha Mason | John Mahoney
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
As: Madame de Volanges
Dangerous Liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by Choderlos de Laclos set in 18th century France. Marquise de Merteuil’s asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned in this love triangle drama.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Stars: Keanu Reeves | John Malkovich | Swoosie Kurtz | Michelle Pfeiffer | Glenn Close
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
As: Megan
A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: James Bridges
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland | Dianne Wiest | Michael J. Fox | Jason Robards | Phoebe Cates
Vice Versa (1988)
As: Tina
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Brian Gilbert
Stars: Swoosie Kurtz | Judge Reinhold | Fred Savage | Jane Kaczmarek | Corinne Bohrer
Baja Oklahoma (1988)
As: Doris Steadman
Television drama about the love life of a Texas barmaid aspiring to be a songwriter. Great musical guest stars and Roberts' screen debut!
Directed by: Bobby Roth
Stars: William Forsythe | Lesley Ann Warren | Julia Roberts | Swoosie Kurtz | Peter Coyote
True Stories (1986)
As: Miss Rollings
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: David Byrne
Stars: Annie McEnroe | John Goodman | Swoosie Kurtz | Spalding Gray | David Byrne
Wildcats (1986)
As: Verna McGrath
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Stars: James Keach | Swoosie Kurtz | Goldie Hawn | Robyn Lively | Brandy Gold
A Time to Live (1985)
As: Patricia
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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Rick Wallace
Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn | Liza Minnelli | Corey Haim | Swoosie Kurtz | Scott Schwartz
Guilty Conscience (1985)
Amid acrimonious divorce proceedings, Louise (Blythe Danner) unwittingly puts her life in danger when she contests the prenuptial agreement she signed before marrying attorney Arthur Jamison (Anthony Hopkins). He plans to kill her to resolve the situation. Armed with information on how her cheating husband conducts his business and personal affairs, she demands more money from him -- but will Arthur have ...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: David Greene
Stars: Anthony Hopkins | Blythe Danner | Swoosie Kurtz | Donegan Smith | Wiley Harker
Against All Odds (1984)
As: Edie
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 her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Jeff Bridges | Rachel Ward | James Woods | Alex Karras | Jane Greer
A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
As: Ruth Walter
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Robert Michael Lewis
Stars: Season Hubley | Helen Hayes | Zakes Mokae | Cassie Yates | Jameson Parker
The World According to Garp (1982)
As: The Hooker
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: John Lithgow | Hume Cronyn | Robin Williams | Glenn Close | Mary Beth Hurt
Marriage is Alive and Well (1980)
As: Jane Tremont
A photographer who specializes in weddings and who, according to others, has the perfect marriage. However, he and his wife are at a crossroad and have decided to separate. While he and his wife bicker and she prepares to leave, he reminisces about people whom he has photographed who have had unusual relationships. A couple has married, gotten divorced, married again, divorced again and have run into ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Russ Mayberry
Stars: Jack Albertson | Judd Hirsch | Joe Namath | Melinda Dillon | Fred McCarren
Oliver's Story (1978)
As: Gwen Simpson
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 hours don't ease his pain, especially when he finds that his leftist views conflict with those of the senior partners at the firm. Eventually, Oliver's inconsolable grief begins to alienate those around him, until he finds new love with Marcie Bonwit, the wealthy ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: John Korty
Stars: Candice Bergen | Benson Fong | Edward Binns | Ryan O'Neal | Nicola Pagett
First Love (1977)
As: Marsha
Golden-haired college soccer player William Katt falls hard for campus beauty Susan Dey, despite the fact that she's the mistress of an older, married attorney.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Joan Darling
Stars: William Katt | John Heard | Beverly D'Angelo | Robert Loggia | Susan Dey
Slap Shot (1977)
As: Shirley Upton
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Stars: Lindsay Crouse | Paul Newman | Jennifer Warren | Strother Martin | Michael Ontkean