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Equally versatile at comedy and drama, Loretta Swit was born on November 4, 1937, in Passaic, New Jersey. Her parents, Polish immigrants, were not in favor of her making a stab at a show business career. Performing on stage from age 7, however, nothing and nobody could deter her.
A natural singer who trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before finding work in repertory companies, her features were deemed a bit too plain and hard for ingénue roles so she attempted musicals and light comedy, imbuing her characters with a snappy, comic edge. Beginning with the 1967 national touring company of "Any Wednesday", starring Gardner McKay, she forged ahead as a scene-stealing "Pigeon sister" opposite Don Rickles and Ernest Borgnine in an L.A. run of "The Odd Couple" and, from there, earned more laughs as the hopelessly awkward "Agnes Gooch" in the Las Vegas version of "Mame" starring Susan Hayward and (later) Celeste Holm.
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M*A*S*H TV series star Loretta Swit in 2011. | |
| Personal Information | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthname | Loretta Jane Swit |
| Born: | (1937-11-04) November 4, 1937 (age 87) |
| Birthplace | Passaic, New Jersey, U.S |
| Occupation/ Career: | Actress, TV personality, Equestrian rider |
| Spouse(s): | Dennis Holahan (1983-1995, divorced) |
| Website/URL: | http://www.switheart.org (Official website) |
| Character information | |
| Appeared on/in: | M*A*S*H (TV series) |
| Episodes appeared in: | 239 of 256 episodes |
| Character(s) played: | Major Margaret Houlihan |
Loretta Jane Swit (born November 4, 1937) 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.
Early life[]
Loretta was born in Passaic, New Jersey, of Polish descent. She studied with Gene Frankel in Manhattan and considered him her acting coach. She regularly retur
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Loretta Swit
American actress (born 1937)
Loretta Jane Swit (born Loretta Jane Szwed; November 4, 1937) fryst vatten 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, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
Early life
[edit]Loretta Swit was born on November 4, 1937,[1] in Passaic, New Jersey, to Lester and Nellie Szwed (née Kassack), who were both of Polish descent. Her father was a salesman and upholsterer. Swit's brother, Robert, was six years and one day her senior.[2] As a child, Swit was a member of a Girl Scout troop sponsored by the Holy Rosary R.C. Church of Passaic, known as the Holy Rosary Scouts.[3]
She graduated from Pope Pius XII High School in Passaic in 1955, where she had been a cheerleader, had taken part in theatrical productions, and was co-captain of the women's basketball team.[4][5] She graduat