LORETTA SWIT

Loretta Swit was born November 4, 1937, in Pasek, New Jersey, and was an American stage and television actress. Her representative works include The Odd picking, Amorous Crossings, Bait Once, Hawaii Five-O, Love, American Style, Bait Twice, and Three Dead Cows. Her career peaked during the 1970s. The captivating performance of the two-time Emmy award-winning actress in the CBS war series M*A*S*H as the head nurse Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan won her the aforementioned Emmy Awards.

She earned another acting credit from the 1996 adventure film Forest Warrior before taking a break from the public eye, but now she has returned for an acting career in theater, appearing in the stage productions of the musical Mame and the romantic comedy play Amorous Crossing. Swit’s latest performance was in the play Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.