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Loretta Swit

Acting

Born November 4, 1937 · Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Died May 30, 2025

Also known as Лоретта Свит

Biography

Loretta Swit (November 4, 1937 — May 30, 2025) was an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit was best-known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on MASH. Description above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Swit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1982
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series · 1980
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography27 titles

M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television

2024as Self

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Marcia Cates / Photographer (voice)

The Muppet Show

1976as Self - Special Guest Star

Play the Flute

2019as Mrs. Kincaid

M*A*S*H

1972as Margaret Houlihan

Hollywood Squares

1998as Self - Panelist

Mission: Impossible

1966as Midge Larson

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Kim Mitchell

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Bonanza

1959as Ellen Sue Greely

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

1986as Deo Fisher

A Killer Among Friends

1992as Det. Patricia Staley

The Execution

1985as Marysia Walenka

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Wanda Russell

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Maggie Dennings

Ironside

1967as Sally Pearson

Mannix

1967as Dorothy Harker

Gunsmoke

1955as Donna

Miracle at Moreaux

1986

Race with the Devil

1975as Alice

The Love Boat

1977as Kathy Ross

Freebie and the Bean

1974as Meyers' Wife

Forest Warrior

1996as Shirley

Beer

1985as B.D. Tucker

Board Heads

1998as Mrs. Jones

Rickles

1975as Maj. Hotlips Houlihan

Sam Cade

1972as Ginny Lomax