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Loretta Swit

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.

Infobox

Born
Loretta Jane Szwed(1937-11-04)November 4, 1937Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
May 30, 2025(2025-05-30) (aged 87)New York City, U.S.
Education
mw- Katharine Gibbs College American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1967–2019
Known for
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Spouse
mw- Dennis Holahan (m. 1983; div. 1995)

Tables

Loretta Swit film credits · Filmography › Film
1972
Role(s)
Hilary McBride
1973
Role(s)
Lady With Glass Eye
1974
Role(s)
Police clerk
Notes
Uncredited
Role(s)
Mildred Meyers, Red's Wife
1975
Role(s)
Alice
1981
Role(s)
Polly Reed
1985
Role(s)
B.D. Tucker
1986
Role(s)
President Barbara Adams
1996
Role(s)
Shirley
1998
Beach Movie
Role(s)
Mrs. Jones
2019
Play the Flute
Role(s)
Mrs. Kincaid
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1972
Stand Up and Be Counted
Hilary McBride
1973
Deadhead Miles
Lady With Glass Eye
1974
Policewomen
Police clerk
Uncredited
Freebie and the Bean
Mildred Meyers, Red's Wife
1975
Race with the Devil
Alice
1981
S.O.B.
Polly Reed
1985
Beer
Tucker
1986
Whoops Apocalypse
President Barbara Adams
1996
Forest Warrior
Shirley
1998
Beach Movie
Mrs. Jones
2019
Play the Flute
Mrs. Kincaid
Loretta Swit television credits · Filmography › Television
1970
Role(s)
Midge Larson
Notes
Episode: "Homecoming"
Role(s)
Dorothy Harker / Jill Packard
Notes
Episodes: "Only One Death to a Customer" (Season 3-Episode 20), "Figures in a Landscape" (Season 4-Episode 04)
Role(s)
Belle Clark / Donna
Notes
Episodes: "The Pack Rat", "Snow Train" (Parts 1 & 2)
1971
Role(s)
Ginny Lomax
Notes
Episode: "Homecoming"
Role(s)
Rosalyn
Notes
Episode: "The Convicts"
1972
Fireball Forward
Role(s)
Nurse (uncredited)
Notes
TV movie
Role(s)
Ellen Sue Greely
Notes
Episode: "A Visit to Upright"
Role(s)
Alice
Notes
Episode: "The Nature of the Beast"
1972–1983
Role(s)
M*A*S*H
Notes
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Role(s)
Doris
Notes
Segment "Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy"
1973
Role(s)
Sally Pearson
Notes
Episode: "Ollinger's Last Case"
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Game Show Participant / Celebrity Guest Star
Shirts/Skins
Role(s)
Linda Bush
Notes
TV movie
Role(s)
Mary Beth Scoggins
Notes
Segment "Love and the Locksmith"
1973–1979
Role(s)
Pyramid
Notes
Herself
Role(s)
51 episodes
Role(s)
6 episodes
1974
Role(s)
Ella Knox
Notes
Episode: "By Reason of Madness"
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
1 episode
1975
The Last Day
Role(s)
Daisy
Notes
TV movie
Rickles
Role(s)
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Notes
TV special
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
1 episode
Role(s)
2 episodes
1976
Role(s)
Maxine
Notes
Episode: "Good Neighbor Maxine"
1977
Role(s)
Chris LeBlanc
Notes
TV movie
1977–1978
Role(s)
The Love Boat
Notes
Terry Larsen / Anoushka Mishancov
1979
Role(s)
Alice Phillips
Notes
Episode: "Hail to the Chief"
Role(s)
Sandy McLaren
Notes
TV movie
Valentine
Role(s)
Emily
1979–1980
Role(s)
Password Plus
Notes
Herself
1980
Role(s)
1 episode
The Love Tapes
Role(s)
Samantha Young
Notes
TV movie
1981
Role(s)
Detective Christine Cagney
1982
The Kid from Nowhere
Role(s)
Caroline Baker
Games Mother Never Taught You
Role(s)
Laura Bentells
1983
Role(s)
Jane Simon
Role(s)
Grace Bradley
1984
Role(s)
Kathy Ross
Notes
Episode: "My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard"
1985
The Execution
Role(s)
Marysia Walenka
Notes
TV movie
Sam
Role(s)
Samantha Flynn
Notes
TV pilot episode
Role(s)
Sister Gabrielle
Notes
TV movie
1986
1987
Role(s)
Herself (Host)
Notes
TV special
1988
Role(s)
Miss Louisa Horton
Notes
TV movie
Role(s)
LuWanda Novack
Notes
Episode: "#1.19"
1989
Role(s)
Wanda Karpinsky
Notes
Episode: "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?"
1990
A Matter of Principle
Role(s)
Jane Short
Notes
TV movie
1991
Role(s)
Connie Stewart
Role(s)
Herself / Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Notes
TV special
1992
Role(s)
Marcia Cates (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Mad as a Hatter"
Role(s)
Detective Patricia Staley
Notes
TV movie
The Big Battalions
Role(s)
Cora Lynne
Notes
TV miniseries
1994
Role(s)
Kim Mitchell
Notes
Episode: "Portrait of Death"
1995
Role(s)
Evelyn Turner
Notes
Episode: "Who Killed the Sweet Smell of Success?"
1997
Role(s)
Judge (voice)
Notes
Episode: "Space Cow/The Legend of Sailcat"
1998
Role(s)
Maggie Dennings
Notes
Episode: "Drill for Death"
1999–2004
Role(s)
Hollywood Squares
Notes
Herself
2002
Role(s)
Herself / Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Notes
TV special
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1970–1972
Hawaii Five-O
Anna Schreuder / Wanda Russell / Betty
4 episodes
1970
Mission: Impossible
Midge Larson
Episode: "Homecoming"
Mannix
Dorothy Harker / Jill Packard
Episodes: "Only One Death to a Customer" (Season 3-Episode 20), "Figures in a Landscape" (Season 4-Episode 04)
Gunsmoke
Belle Clark / Donna
Episodes: "The Pack Rat", "Snow Train" (Parts 1 & 2)
1971
Cade's County
Ginny Lomax
Episode: "Homecoming"
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Rosalyn
Episode: "The Convicts"
1972
Fireball Forward
Nurse (uncredited)
TV movie
Bonanza
Ellen Sue Greely
Episode: "A Visit to Upright"
Young Dr. Kildare
Alice
Episode: "The Nature of the Beast"
1972–1983
M*A*S*H
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Main castPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1980, 1982)People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer (1983)Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1974–79, 1981, 1983)Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1980, 1982)Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1974, 1983)
1972
Love, American Style
Doris
Segment "Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy"
1973
Ironside
Sally Pearson
Episode: "Ollinger's Last Case"
Match Game
Herself
Game Show Participant / Celebrity Guest Star
Shirts/Skins
Linda Bush
TV movie
Love, American Style
Mary Beth Scoggins
Segment "Love and the Locksmith"
1973–1979
Pyramid
Herself
90 episodes
Match Game
51 episodes
The Mike Douglas Show
6 episodes
1974
Petrocelli
Ella Knox
Episode: "By Reason of Madness"
The Merv Griffin Show
Herself
1 episode
1975
The Last Day
Daisy
TV movie
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman
Sydney
Rickles
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
TV special
The Bobby Vinton Show
Herself
1 episode
Celebrity Bowling
2 episodes
1976
Good Heavens
Maxine
Episode: "Good Neighbor Maxine"
1977
The Hostage Heart
Chris LeBlanc
TV movie
1977–1978
The Love Boat
Terry Larsen / Anoushka Mishancov
2 episodes
1979
Supertrain
Alice Phillips
Episode: "Hail to the Chief"
Mirror, Mirror
Sandy McLaren
TV movie
Friendships, Secrets and Lies
B.J.
Valentine
Emily
1979–1980
Password Plus
Herself
Game Show Contestant / Celebrity Guest Star (4 episodes)
1980
The Muppet Show
1 episode
The Love Tapes
Samantha Young
TV movie
1981
Cagney & Lacey
Detective Christine Cagney
1982
The Kid from Nowhere
Caroline Baker
Games Mother Never Taught You
Laura Bentells
1983
First Affair
Jane Simon
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Grace Bradley
1984
The Love Boat
Kathy Ross
Episode: "My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard"
1985
The Execution
Marysia Walenka
TV movie
Sam
Samantha Flynn
TV pilot episode
Miracle at Moreaux
Sister Gabrielle
TV movie
1986
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
Deo Fisher
1987
A Christmas Calendar
Herself (Host)
TV special
1988
14 Going on 30
Miss Louisa Horton
TV movie
Dolly
LuWanda Novack
Episode: "#1.19"
1989
ABC Afterschool Special
Wanda Karpinsky
Episode: "My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?"

References

  1. "Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H Star, Dies at 87"
    https://www.salon.com/2025/05/31/loretta-swit-mash-star-dies-at-87/
  2. TV's M*A*S*H: The Ultimate Guide Book
    https://books.google.com/books?id=e6ezCgAAQBAJ&dq=Loretta+Swit&pg=PP47
  3. The Herald-News
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-birthday-of-robert-swit/172203465/
  4. The Herald-News
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news/69105997/
  5. The Herald-News
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news/121836726/
  6. The Herald-News
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-loretta-swit-is-named-co/172203655/
  7. The Blade
    https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xtBOAAAAIBAJ&pg=7237%2C4829462
  8. The Herald-News
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-up-coming-passaic-actres/35836246/
  9. Notable Past Students. American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
    https://www.aada.edu/alumni/notable-alumni/#decade:all/orderby:last_name/display:panel/page:10
  10. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/21/archives/stage-same-time-1976-complete-change-of-twocharacter-cast-gives.html?sq=same%2520time%2520next%2520year%2520loretta%2520swit&scp=2&st=cse
  11. Chicago Tribune
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/07/26/loretta-swit-offers-a-splendid-shirley-valentine/
  12. She Knows Media
    http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1059347/Loretta-Swit-s-new-production-on-stage-now-Shirley-Valentine
  13. North Carolina Theatre
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110404144549/http://www.nctheatre.com/index.html
  14. Patton, Charlie (August 20, 2010). "Loretta Swit shines in Alhambra's new show, 'Amorous Crossing'". Florida Times-Union
    https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2010/08/20/alhambras-new-show-amorous-crossing-funny-and-entertaining/15933958007
  15. Visit Franklin County PA
    https://www.explorefranklincountypa.com/10519-2/
  16. M*A*S*H: The Martinis & Medicine Collection – Special Features: Disc 1 – "My Favorite MASH"
  17. The Gear Page
    http://www.thegearpage.net/board/archive/index.php/t-996586.html
  18. People
    http://people.com/archive/cover-story-major-hottie-vol-11-no-10/
  19. "A Christmas Calendar (1987)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 26, 2008.
    https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/461172/a-christmas-calendar
  20. Once Upon a Time in a Western
    https://onceuponatimeinawestern.com/the-last-day-1975/
  21. M*A*S*H
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0638469/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_1_cdt_epp_sm_1
  22. People
    https://people.com/archive/cindy-williams-and-bill-hudson-really-do-act-just-like-family-vol-31-no-22/
  23. CBC News
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/mash-star-loretta-swit-obituary-1.7548622
  24. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-dec-11-me-42743-story.html
  25. HuffPost
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tv-icon-loretta-swit-on-a_b_14424724
  26. PopGeeks
    https://popgeeks.com/the-flashback-interview-loretta-swit/
  27. A Needlepoint Scrapbook
    https://books.google.com/books?id=HUmA-L77Rt8C&q=needlepoint+scrapbook
  28. "Loretta Swit, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 87"
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/loretta-swit-dead-mash-hot-lips-houlihan-1236233958/
  29. Sarah Siddons Society
    https://sarahsiddonssociety.org/awardees
  30. Los Angeles Times
    https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/loretta-swit/
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