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Loretta Swit
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Loretta Swit was born on 4 November 1937 in Passaic and died on 30 May 2025 in New York City. An American actor working in film, television and stage, she was educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and her career began in 1967. Her fields of work included theatre, television series, animal rights and watercolor. Swit received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is recognised in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- SwitHeart
- A needlepoint scrapbook
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Passaic, New Jersey, USA
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.
Known for
- M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television — Self2024
- Play the Flute — Mrs. Kincaid2019
- The Real M*A*S*H — Herself2010
- M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion — Herself2002
- Board Heads — Mrs. Jones1998
- So Graham Norton — Self1998
- Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist1998
- Forest Warrior — Shirley1996
- Burke's Law — Evelyn Turner1994
- Diagnosis: Murder — Maggie Dennings1993
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1937
- Active to
- 2025
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 30
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Loretta+Swit">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour
· 2020 · cited 9,607x
- Platinum Compounds: a New Class of Potent Antitumour Agents
· 1969 · cited 3,507x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,334x
- Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline
· 2018 · cited 3,189x
- Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes
· 2020 · cited 2,827x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Loretta Jane Szwed , ( 1937-11-04 ) November 4, 1937, Passaic, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- May 30, 2025 (2025-05-30) (aged 87), New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Katharine Gibbs College American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1961–2019
- Known for
- M*A*S*H Pyramid
- Spouse
- Dennis Holahan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1995 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Passaic
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Dennis Holahan
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film
- Official website
- www.switheart.com
- Image
- Loretta Swit MASH 1972.JPG
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- Commons category
- Loretta Swit
- date of birth
- 1937-11-04
- Commons gallery
- Loretta Swit
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2025-05-30
- pseudonym
- Loretta Swit
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Loretta Swit (born Loretta Jane Szwed; November 4, 1937 – May 30, 2025) was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982.
Early life
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