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Marcia Jean Kurtz

Acting

Born February 11, 1942 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Marcia J. Kurtz

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 appeared several times on the television series Law & Order.

Filmography34 titles

The Stoolie

1972as Sheila Morrison

Once Upon a Time in America

1984as Max's Mother

Requiem for a Dream

2000as Rae

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Dr. Coetzee

Blue Bloods

2010as Marion Davis

Dog Day Afternoon

1975as Miriam

Black Swan

2010as Costumer Georgina

The Blacklist

2013as Edna Brimley

The Wrestler

2008as Admissions Desk Woman

Inside Man

2006as Miriam Douglas

Sex and the City

1998as Noanie

Running on Empty

1988as School Clerk

Law & Order

1990as Carla Lowenstein

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007as Hotel Receptionist

Mother!

2017as Thief

The Good Nurse

2022as Jackie

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018as Italian Grocer

Center Stage

2000as Emily's Mother

Death Wish

1974as Receptionist

Recount

2008as Carol Roberts

Find Me Guilty

2006as Sara Stiles

One True Thing

1998as Marcia

Armageddon Time

2022as Guide

Night Falls on Manhattan

1996as Eileen

Arranged

2007as Principal Jacoby

In Her Shoes

2005as Mrs. Stein

Ex-Husbands

2023as Eunice Pearce

Tower Heist

2011as Rose

Big Fan

2009as Paul's Mom

Miracle at St. Anna

2008as Post Office Customer

Kate & Allie

1984

Born to Win

1971as Marlene

Cry Uncle!

1971as Russian Girl

From Other Worlds

2004as Brian's Mom