The other night at the Emmy Awards, the actor (ess) named Swoosie Kurtz was nominated for something. I don’t remember what it was. All I know is that I don’t know who Swoosie Kurtz is, but her name has been hanging over me for many years, like a dull ringing in my ears.
I decided to explore and find out a little more about this Swoosie Kurtz. It turns out that she is in some show or movie or video called, “Huff” which is something I’ve never seen and cannot tell you about.
She also played Mrs. Mimi Jared in “The Rules of Attraction” and Valerie Wilkinson in “That’s Life”. She was Mummy Reed in “The White River Kid” and Rosalie in “Outside Ozona”. In “Party Girl” she was Judy Burkhard and in “The Magic School Bus” she was the voice of Dorothy Ann’s mother.
Twenty years ago, she played Verna McGrath in “Wildcats” and twenty-six years ago she was Roberta in “The Mating Season”. In the bi-centennial year of 1976, she guest starred on “Kojak” as Julie DiNata.
The IMDB has this quote: “In 1962, Swoosie and her father both appeared on the game show “To Tell The Truth”. Col. Kurtz was the contestant, and 18-year-old Swoosie came out at the end of the game to identify her father by handing him his uniform jacket.”
To be fair to Ms. Kurtz, I’m far less famous than her, and quite a bit less accomplished. But to be fair to myself, I haven’t annoyed the entire world by having a famous name and an unidentifiable face for the past three decades.
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Check out this in-depth XM Radio interview with Swoosie Kurtz
http://americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/swoosie_kurtz
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Rocket-what do you mean by your comment: “she’s a good egg, but still an actress–remember that”?
Since a lot of their livelihood relies on a gypsy lifestyle and gthe ability to change personas on a dime, I tend to find them hard to rely on and not very altrusitic.
But that’s just my opinion… from working the last 15 years in TV, and living in The Valley all my life.
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I respect her talents but I just can’t place where I’ve seen her before.
Rocket-what do you mean by your comment: “she’s a good egg, but still an actress–remember that”?
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Her father helped turn the tide in WWII’s Pacific Theatre.
Swoosie also was the lead in the NBC series, “Sosters”, which payed my rent for a few years.
She’s a good egg, but still an actress — remember that.
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I won’t get into the more nefarious Swoosie Kurtz power grab tales. She ultimately wants to be Hilary Clinton or perhaps Kofi Annan, and anyone who ignores the signs eminating from Ms. Kurtz does so at their own peril.
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the most relevant thing you’ve written here is that she is more famous than you. She is a good acress, and she’s neither unidentifiable NOR annoying. Pick on someone who is worthy of being picked on.
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Her father was an aviator and named her after a plane (the Swoosie). She lived in Toluca Lake, though I don’t know if she still does.
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