Loretta Swit

Actress

Female

Born Nov 4, 1937

Age 75

Hometown Passaic, New Jersey

Loretta Jane Swit is an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H.

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The Off-Broadway show 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' celebrates 900 performances at B. Smith's res...

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Dec 15, 2011

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Loretta Swit leaving a performance of The Broadway production of 'The Normal Heart' at the Golden...

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May 25, 2011

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Loretta Swit Farm Sanctuary's 25th Anniversary Gala at Cipriani Wall Street - Arrivals

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May 13, 2011

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Actors & others for animals 40th anniversary fundraising luncheon (Universal City, CA)

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Apr 9, 2011

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Dennis Holahan
Married 1983 - 1995
Gardner McKay
Fling

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A New Stage For Harry Hamlin In 'One November Yankee'
LATimes - Dec 24, 2012

A tale of families now at the NoHo Arts Center, 'One November Yankee' features relationships that hit close to home for Harry Hamlin, who costars with Loretta Swit. Since mid-November, two actors who were once stars of the TV hits "L.A. Law" and "MASH" have been taking the stage four nights a week at a 99-seat North Hollywood theater. The easy assumption to make is that they have settled for local theater after years on Emmy Award-winning television. But th...
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Pam Williams Productions Acquire Rights To "One November Yankee" Play
Yahoo News - Dec 18, 2012

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Pam Williams Productions has acquired motion picture rights to Josh Ravetch's stage play "One November Yankee," the company announced on Monday. The play, which is running through January 5, 2013, at the NoHo Arts Center, stars Loretta Swit and Harry Hamlin as siblings who discover the wreckage of a single-engine plane crash years after the accident has occurred. The play follows three sets of siblings as each interacts with the d...
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Loretta Swit To Join 'Love, Loss' Cast In Chicago Chicago Sun Times
Google News - Aug 31, 2011

... will also follow its pattern of having a rotating cast, so the starting lineup of actresses will now be partially “replaced” by Taylor Miller (of “All My Children” renown), who will join the cast beginning Oct. 25, and Loretta Swit (of “MASH” fame)
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Theater | Troupes Will Put Human Foibles On Full Display Kansas City Star
Google News - Aug 26, 2011

Loretta Swit returns to the New Theatre for a new staging of the Ray Cooney/John Chapman quintessential farce, “Move Over Mrs. Markham.” The supporting cast includes Jim Korinke and Dodie Brown. Performances begin Wednesday. ( www.newtheatre.com) The
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1937 Birth Born on November 4, 1937.

TEENAGE

1955 17 Years Old She graduated from Pope Pius XII High School in Passaic, NJ, in 1955.

TWENTIES

1967 29 Years Old In 1967, Swit toured with the national company of Any Wednesday, starring Gardner McKay. … Read More

THIRTIES

1970 32 Years Old When Swit arrived in Hollywood in 1970, she performed in television shows, including Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, and Mannix.

1972 34 Years Old 1 More Event

Starting in 1972, Swit played Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the television series M*A*S*H. … Read More

FORTIES

1981 43 Years Old In 1981, Swit played the "Christine Cagney" role in the movie pilot for the television series Cagney & Lacey, but was precluded by contractual obligations from continuing the role. … Read More

1983 45 Years Old Swit married actor Dennis Holahan in 1983 and divorced him in 1995. … Read More

1987 49 Years Old Swit also guest-starred in shows such as The Love Boat, Win, Lose or Draw, Match Game, Pyramid, and Hollywood Squares. She also starred in Christmas programs such as the television version of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and 1987's PBS Special A Christmas Calendar.

FIFTIES

1992 54 Years Old In 1992 she hosted the 26-part series Those Incredible Animals on the Discovery Channel.

LATE ADULTHOOD

2008 70 Years Old Swit's latest appearance was on GSN Live on October 10, 2008.

2012 74 Years Old Swit joined neo-folk band, Roses Never Fade in 2012. … Read More

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