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| Birth Name(s) : Swoosie Kurtz |
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Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944) is a Primetime Emmy and Tony Award-winning American actress. She currently stars as Lily Charles in the ABC series Pushing Daisies.
Kurtz first gained attention in the late 70s in Uncommon Women and Others, the breakthrough play by Wendy Wasserstein. Kurtz was soon was awarded Broadway's "triple crown" (the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards) for her portrayal of Gwen in Lanford Wilson's The Fifth of July. She won a second Tony for her performance as Bananas in a 1986 revival of The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare.
In 1978, she was part of the ensemble cast of Mary Tyler Moore's short lived variety series Mary, that also included David Letterman and Michael Keaton. Later, Kurtz had starring roles in the television series Love, Sidney and Sisters. She has also received an Emmy for her guest-starring performance on Carol Burnett's comedy series Carol & Company, playing a woman who attends her 20th high-school reunion and discovers her former sweetheart — a football player — has been through a sex change operation. Recently, Kurtz has had a recurring guest role as Judy Miller's mother on the CBS sitcom Still Standing, John Locke's mother, Emily Annabeth Locke, on Lost, and as Beth Huffstodt's mother on Huff. She stars in the current ABC television series, Pushing Daisies as Lily Charles.
Kurtz frequently received stellar reviews even in less praised projects, and she is widely respected as one of Hollywood's most sought-after supporting actresses, doing a lot of work she would rather not so as to pay the bills and be able to really act in the theatre.
She has never married or had children. Kurtz was mentioned in the press with Brent Spiner in the 80s. |
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