Swoosie Kurtz

Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress. She is an Emmy Award winner and two-time Tony Award winner. Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness. She has received five Tony Award nominations, winning two for Fifth of July and The House of Blue Leaves; her other nominations were for Tartuffe, Frozen, and Heartbreak House. For her television work, she has received eight Emmy Award nominations, with one win for Carol and Company in 1990.

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES · S5, E17

The Story of Lucy and Jessie

Susan tries to impress a teacher who ends up taking it the wrong way; Gabrielle wants Carlos to hire Lynette for her own reasons; Bree tries not to let Orson's bad habit embarass her.
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT · S10, E20

Crush

Kim Garnet (Guest Star Carly Schroeder) is found brutally beaten after she sends out nude photos of herself via text message. Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) pay a visit to Kims boyfriend, Steve Walker (Guest Star Alexander Nifong), but eventually learn that he is not the only recipient of the nude photos. Kathleen Stabler (Guest Star Allison Siko) steps in to give Kim advice, as she tries to track down the culprit who distributed the photos. But after Counselor Samantha Copeland (Guest Star Melinda McGraw) demands that Benson arrest Kim for producing and distributing child pornography, Kim must face the possibility of life-long consequences when Judge Hilda Marsden (Guest Star Swoosie Kurtz) hands down an unusually harsh sentence. Also starring: Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Michaela McManus (A.D.A Kim Greylek), Stephanie March (ADA Alexandra Cabot), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang).
LETHAL WEAPON · S2, E15

An Inconvenient Ruth

While searching for the culprit of a local jewelry heist, Riggs deals with withdrawal from drinking. Meanwhile, Murtaugh gets called “grandpa” by another parent while at the playground with Harper, sending him into a tizzy.
LETHAL WEAPON · S2, E16

Ruthless

After the city’s gun buy-back program is robbed, the team is on a hunt for those responsible. Meanwhile, Murtaugh walks on thin ice with Trish; Riggs finds an unlikely friend in Ruthie (recurring guest star SWOOSIE KURTZ); and Captain Avery is reunited with a college “frenemy” (guest star WALLACE LANGHAM) who has key information about the case.
NURSE JACKIE · S1, E6

Tiny Bubbles

Jackie is caught off-guard when a nurse (Judith Ivey) she used to work with, who is dying of lung cancer, asks Jackie to help end her life. Meanwhile, Coop's mother (Blythe Danner) is admitted with a gall bladder attack. We learn that he is the only son of lesbians…a fact that delights Jackie and O'Hara.