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Loretta Swit

Highest Rated: 71% Race With the Devil (1975)

Lowest Rated: 23% Freebie and the Bean (1974)

Birthday: Nov 4, 1937

Birthplace: Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Though she was personally unable to sit through the 1970 feature version of "M*A*S*H" due to an aversion to blood, Emmy-winning actress Loretta Swit campaigned hard to land the role of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the television version (CBS, 1972-1983). The role of the brittle, unwaveringly loyal and patriotic, but secretly passionate Houlihan became the most enduring role in her long career, which featured numerous guest appearances in TV movies and on game shows. After her 11 years on "M*A*S*H," Swit struggled to distance herself from the role in made for television movies like "Games Mother Never Taught You" (CBS, 1982) and "The Execution" (NBC, 1985), while landing the role of Chris Cagney on the pilot episode of "Cagney & Lacy" (CBS, 1981-88), only to be unable to play the part when "M*A*S*H" producers refused to let her out of her contract. Meanwhile, she appeared on a number of game shows like "Win, Lose or Draw" (NBC, 1987-1990), "Pyramid" (1973-2004) and "Hollywood Squares" (1966-2004), and later served as the host of "Those Incredible Animals" (Discovery Channel, 1992). While she remained largely out of view in the new millennium, Swit lived on forever in reruns of "M*A*S*H," which continually introduced her to new generations of fans.

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Highest-Rated Movies

71% 56% Race With the Devil
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23% 66% Freebie and the Bean
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Fire on the Mountain
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The Kid From Nowhere
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Games Mother Never Taught You
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63% Whoops Apocalypse
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38% Boardheads
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
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Valentine
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Filmography

Movies TV Shows
M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television 82% 2024 Self Play the Flute 90% 2018 Mrs. Kincaid Actor Never the Same: The Prisoner-of-War Experience 2013 Narrator Boardheads 38% 1998 Mrs. Jones Actor Forest Warrior 46% 1996 Shirley Actor A Killer Among Friends 50% 1992 Detective Patricia Staley Actor Friends for Life 1992 Det. Patricia Staley Actor Hell Hath No Fury 1991 Actor Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story 1986 Deo Fisher Actor Whoops Apocalypse 63% 1986 President Barbara Adams Actor The Execution 1985 Marysia Walenka Actor Beer 45% 1985 B.D. Tucker Actor M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell, Amen 96% 1983 Margaret Houlihan Actor Fire on the Mountain 1983 Jane Simon Actor The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 1983 Grace Bradley Actor First Affair 1983 Jane Simon Actor The Kid From Nowhere 1982 Caroline Baker Actor Games Mother Never Taught You 1982 Laura Bentells Actor Cagney & Lacey 1981 Det. Christine Cagney Actor Valentine 1979 Emily Actor Friendships, Secrets and Lies 1979 B.J. Actor Mirror, Mirror 25% 1979 Sandy McLaren Actor The Hostage Heart 1977 Chris LeBlanc Actor Race With the Devil 71% 56% 1975 Alice Stewart Actor The Last Day 1975 Daisy Actor
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