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Loretta Swit is a Actor American born on 4 november 1937 at Passaic (USA)
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, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
Swit has written a book on needlepoint (A Needlepoint Scrapbook). In it, she declares that "We are Ms. Pac-Man fanatics in our house." She owns a Ms. Pac-Man machine. The book also includes a Ms. Pac-Man needlepoint design.
Swit is a very strong advocate for animals and animal rights, donating much of her time to animal-related causes.
In the 1980s, Swit supported efforts of Dr. R Adams Cowley, founder of the shock trauma unit at the University of Maryland, the first of its kind in the United States. Swit helped bring attention to his use of helicopters to transport injured civilians to shock trauma centers since 1969.
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Loretta Swit
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, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
Biography
Swit married actor Dennis Holahan in 1983 and divorced him in 1995. Holahan played Per Johannsen, a Swedish diplomat who became briefly involved with Swit's character in an episode of M*A*S*H. Swit has not remarried and has no children.Swit has written a book on needlepoint (A Needlepoint Scrapbook). In it, she declares that "We are Ms. Pac-Man fanatics in our house." She owns a Ms. Pac-Man machine. The book also includes a Ms. Pac-Man needlepoint design.
Swit is a very strong advocate for animals and animal rights, donating much of her time to animal-related causes.
In the 1980s, Swit supported efforts of Dr. R Adams Cowley, founder of the shock trauma unit at the University of Maryland, the first of its kind in the United States. Swit helped bring attention to his use of helicopters to transport injured civilians to shock trauma centers since 1969.
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A Killer Among Friends (1998)
, 1h36Directed by Charles Robert Carner
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Patty Duke, Tiffani Thiessen, Chad Todhunter, Loretta Swit, David Cubitt, Matthew Bennett
Roles Det. Patricia Staley
Rating66%
Jennifer Anne Monroe (Tiffani Thiessen) is a typical all American teenage girl, who has a falling out with her best friend Ellen Holloway (Margaret Welsh) and doesn't return home. Jenny's mother, Jean (Patty Duke), is worried for her daughter, and three days later, Jenny's body is discovered in a creek with a 100 pound log across her back. Furious about the murder, Ellen and Jean both try and track down the killer. Ellen and her daughter, Celeste (Heather and Shannon Beaty) move into Jean's house. Ellen had wanted Jenny's room, but Jean had Ellen sleeping in her bedroom, as Jenny's room was later turned into a nursery for when her grandchild would visit.
Forest Warrior (1996)
, 1h33Directed by Aaron Norris
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Environmental films, Children's films
Actors Chuck Norris, Terry Kiser, Max Gail, Roscoe Lee Browne, William Sanderson, Jordan Brower
Roles Shirley
Rating36%
The film opens with a campfire story being told by Clovis Madison (Roscoe Lee Browne) to a group of children, about a man named John McKenna (Chuck Norris) who was killed a century ago in the Tanglewood forest while fighting bandits. McKenna was magically brought back to life...and given the power to transform into a bear, wolf, or eagle. Inspired by this tale, the children dub their group the Lords of the Tanglewood - complete with the following pledge: "We ask you to leave it pure as found; For we are to it forever bound."
14 Going on 30 (1988)
, 1h34Directed by Paul Schneider
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Steven Eckholdt, Daphne Ashbrook, Gabriel Olds, Patrick Duffy, Irene Tedrow, Harry Morgan
Roles Miss Horton
Rating61%
14-year-old Danny O'Neil (Gabey Olds) is madly in love with his teacher, Miss Peggy Noble (Daphne Ashbrook). Given the fact that she is engaged to the cold-tempered and vicious gym teacher, Roy Kelton (Rick Rossovich), who is nicknamed Jackjaw for his constant threat of breaking his pupils' jaws, Danny goes through his school days somewhat uninspired and suffers in silence.
Whoops Apocalypse (1986)
, 1h33Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Loretta Swit, Herbert Lom, Simon Dormandy, Michael Richards, Peter Cook, Richard Wilson
Roles President Barbara Adams
Rating59%
The beginning of the film parodies the Falklands War when a small British colony is invaded by its neighbour, the fictional country of Maguadora, whose dictator General Mosquera is played by Herbert Lom. The new President of the United States, Barbara Adams, tried to sort out the mess (both countries are hard on communism) but the peace talks are sabotaged by Lacrobat (Michael Richards), the world's leading terrorist. The British, under the leadership of PM Sir Mortimer Chris, send in a task force to seize the islands back. For revenge Mosquera hires Lacrobat to kidnap the British Princess Wendy, in order to hold her to ransom to get the British out. Sir Mortimer then threatens that unless she is returned in 48 hours, he will release a nuclear strike. So now President Barbara Adams not only has to deal with Mosquera and Lacrobat, she must also deal with Sir Mortimer, and also with the fact that Mosqueara decides to align himself with Russia, and this whole thing could start World War III.
Miracle at Moreaux (1986)
, 58minutesDirected by Paul Shapiro
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Loretta Swit, Milan Cheylov, Ken Pogue, Robert Joy, Bonfield Marcoux
Roles Sister Gabrielle
Rating66%
In the film, three Jewish children fleeing the Nazis take refuge in a French convent. The children attend a boarding school run by a Catholic nun, Sister Gabrielle (Loretta Swit). The children arrive while the school is putting on a Nativity pageant, and in a quick act of thinking, Sister Gabrielle pretends the three children are her students. The Jewish children remain in the school for some time while the Nazis that are patrolling the area, led by an SS Major (Robert Joy), hunt for them in the forests surrounding the convent. Sister Gabrielle takes great lengths to keep the children's identities a secret, but the major is suspicious and continues to believe that they are likely hiding in the school.
Beer (1985)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors Loretta Swit, Rip Torn, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn, David Alan Grier, William Russ
Roles B.D. Tucker
Rating53%
Cynical ad executive B. D. Tucker (Loretta Swit) is desperate not to lose the account of the financially ailing Norbecker Brewery. When three losers (David Alan Grier, William Russ, and Saul Stein) inadvertently prevent a robbery in a bar, Tucker and her minions give them a macho image and center an entire ad campaign around them.
Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1983)
, 2h15Directed by Alan Alda
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Actors Alan Alda, Rosalind Chao, Loretta Swit, Harry Morgan, David Ogden Stiers, Kellye Nakahara
Roles Maj. Margaret Houlihan
Rating87%
During the final days of the Korean War, Hawkeye Pierce has suffered a nervous breakdown and is being treated by Dr. Sidney Freedman in a mental hospital. The breakdown was triggered by a series of repressed memories stemming from the aftermath of an outing most of the 4077th staff had at a beach near Incheon. Sidney is trying to get Hawkeye to release the repressed memories, which are causing Hawkeye to remember things incorrectly. The first memory Hawkeye is repressing involves the trip home on one of the 4077th buses. Initially the scene is jaunty, with a drunk Hawkeye calling for a bottle of whiskey to be passed to someone who "can't wait" to drink it. Eventually, Sidney draws the memory out of Hawkeye slowly. First he discovers that the person in question was a soldier who needed the bottle. Then, it is revealed that the bottle was not containing whiskey but plasma and the soldier was severely wounded. Hawkeye was attending to the soldier and was frustrated that his fellow staff members were not responding quickly enough to the injured soldier, hence why he said "this guy can't wait".
S.O.B. (1981)
, 2h2Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Julie Andrews, William Holden, Robert Vaughn, Richard Mulligan, Robert Preston, Shelley Winters
Roles Polly Reed
Rating63%
The story is a satire of the film industry and Hollywood society. The main character, Felix Farmer, is a phenomenally successful film producer who has just made the first major flop of his career, to the dismay of his movie studio, resulting in the loss of his own sanity. Felix attempts suicide four times:
Race with the Devil (1975)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Starrett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong, Paul A. Partain
Roles Alice
Rating65%
Roger Marsh (Peter Fonda) and Frank Stewart (Warren Oates) own a successful motorcycle dealership in San Antonio, Texas. Together, with their wives Kelly and Alice (Lara Parker, Loretta Swit), along with Roger and Kelly’s small dog, they leave San Antonio in a recreational vehicle (RV) for a much anticipated ski vacation in Aspen, Colorado.
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
, 1h53Directed by Richard Rush
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin, Alex Rocco
Roles Meyers' Wife
Rating65%
Freebie and Bean are a pair of maverick detectives with the SFPD Intelligence Squad. The volatile gratuity-seeking Freebie is trying to get promoted to the vice squad to garner perks for his retirement while the neurotic and fastidious Bean has ambitions to make lieutenant. Against a backdrop of Super Bowl weekend in San Francisco, the partners are trying to conclude a 14-month investigation, digging through garbage to gather evidence against well-connected racketeer Red Meyers, when they discover that a hit man from Detroit is after Meyers as well. After rejecting their pretext arrest of Meyers to protect him, the district attorney orders them to keep him alive until Monday.
Deadhead Miles (1972)
, 1h33Directed by Vernon Zimmerman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Alan Arkin, Bruce Bennett, Charles Durning, William Duell, Richard Kiel, Donna Anderson
Roles Lady with glass eye
Rating56%
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
, 1h39Directed by Jackie Cooper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jacqueline Bisset, Stella Stevens, Gary Lockwood, Lee Purcell, Loretta Swit, Héctor Elizondo
Roles Hilary McBride
Rating45%