Swoosie Kurtz

Personal context

Summary

Swoosie Kurtz is an American actor known for theater roles in Uncommon Women and Others and The House of Blue Leaves, and television work in Sisters, Mike & Molly, and Call Me Kat. Her work spans comedy and drama, often featuring outspoken or unconventional women. Kurtz has publicly discussed her 1960s abortion and said she would hate to see a return to a time when only wealthy women could obtain a safe abortion; she also performed in a V-Day benefit and described herself as a “vagina feminist.” No public party affiliations or broader DEI statements are on record.