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Loretta Swit
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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
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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
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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
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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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loretta Swit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.