She is the only child of the writer Margo rogers and the Air Force Colonel Frank Kurtz Jr.; a highly decorated bomber pilot for his performance during World War II.
Being the daughter of a military man, Swoosie he moved repeatedly during his childhood, living in different states.
He studied Drama at the University of Southern California and later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
When he was 18 years old, he first appeared on television in a show called “To tell the truth“, in which he participated with his father. But it was not until 1975 when he began his career in the theater, debuting on Broadway with the play”Ah, Wilderness!“Since then he has developed an intense work on the stage, winning the most prestigious theater awards, including the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle and twice the Tony Awards.
In 1978, Kurtz He became part of the cast of the series starring Mary Tyler Moore, “Mary“, in which they also participated David letterman Y Michael Keaton.
In 1981, he made two seasons with Tony randall on the sitcom “Love, Sidney“, in a role for which he obtained the first of his 10 nominations for the Emmy award. In 1990, he won his first Emmy as a guest artist on the comedy series “Carol & Company“.
Between 1991 and 1996, Kurtz played her most extensive role on television, as the divorcee Alex Reed Halsey in the drama of the NBC “Sisters“, for which he won two more award nominations Emmy.
In recent years, Kurtz has been a guest artist in the series “Emergencies (ER)“,”Lost” Y “Desperate Housewives“; and had recurring roles as Valerie in the series “That’s life“, What Helen on the sitcom “Still standing“, What Madeleine sullivan in the series “Huff“; in addition to one of the protagonists as Lily charles on “Pushing Daisies“.
His other recent credits include stakes in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit“,”Nurse jackie“,”Heroes“,”Rita rocks“,”Chuck” Y “Hank”, And since 2010 she can be seen in the role of Joyce flynn on “Mike & molly”.
Despite having developed his career mainly on television, Swoosie has starred in several major Hollywood movies, including “Dangerous friendships“(1988), his remake of 1999”Cruel intentions“, the acclaimed independent film”Citizen Ruth“, and, perhaps his most notable role, alongside Jim Carrey on “Compulsive liar“(1997).
Among his latest works for the big screen we can mention the comedies “White river kid”, In which he worked together with Antonio Banderas Y Bob Hoskins, “Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes“,”That is the love“, starring Kirsten dunst Y Ben foster, “The bubble boy“,”The rules of the game“,”Duplex“, with Ben stiller Y drew Barrymore, Y “An Englishman in New York”, In which the cast shared with John hurt, Jonathan Tucker Y Cynthia nixon.
In regards to your personal life, Kurtz he has never married or had children.