Loretta Swit

Biography

Loretta Swit (November 4, 1937 — May 30, 2025) was an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit was best-known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on MASH. Description above from the Wikipedia article Loretta Swit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Diagnosis: Murder

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

All Movies (42)

• M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television2024 · as Self
• Play the Flute2019 · as Mrs. Kincaid
• The Real M*A*S*H2010 · as Herself
• M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion2002 · as Herself
• Board Heads1998 · as Mrs. Jones
• Forest Warrior1996 · as Shirley
• A Killer Among Friends1992 · as Det. Patricia Staley
• Memories of M*A*S*H1991 · as Self / Margaret Houlihan
• Hell Hath No Fury1991 · as Mary
• My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?1989 · as Wanda Karpinsky
• 14 Going on 301988 · as Miss Horton
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story1986 · as Deo Fisher
• Whoops Apocalypse1986 · as President Barbara Adams
• Miracle at Moreaux1986
• Beer1985 · as B.D. Tucker
• Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years1985 · as Self
• Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story1985 · as Self
• The Execution1985 · as Marysia Walenka
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever1983 · as Grace Bradley
• First Affair1983 · as Jane Simon
• Games Mother Never Taught You1982 · as Laura Bentells
• The Kid From Nowhere1982 · as Caroline Baker
• Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot1981 · as Christine Cagney
• S.O.B.1981 · as Polly Reed
• Making 'M*A*S*H'1981 · as Self
• The Love Tapes1980 · as Samantha Young
• Valentine1979 · as Emily
• Friendships, Secrets and Lies1979 · as B.J.
• Mirror, Mirror1979 · as Sandy McLaren
• The Hostage Heart1977 · as Chris LeBlanc
• Rickles1975 · as Maj. Hotlips Houlihan
• Race with the Devil1975 · as Alice
• It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!1975 · as Sydney
• The Last Day1975 · as Daisy
• The Lion Roars Again1975 · as Self
• Freebie and the Bean1974 · as Meyers' Wife
• Shirts/Skins1973 · as Linda Bush
• Deadhead Miles1972 · as Lady with glass eye
• Stand Up and Be Counted1972 · as Hilary McBride
• Fireball Forward1972 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• Sam Cade1972 · as Ginny Lomax

All TV Shows (42)

• Hollywood Squares1998 · as Self - Panelist
• So Graham Norton1998 · as Self
• Burke's Law1994 · as Evelyn Turner
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Maggie Dennings
• Those Amazing Animals1992 · as Loretta Swit
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Marcia Cates / Photographer (voice)
• Wedden, dat..?1986 · as Self
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Kim Mitchell
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The Big Show1980 · as Self
• Supertrain1979 · as Alice Phillips
• The Love Boat1977 · as Terry Larsen
• The Love Boat1977 · as Anoushka Mishankov
• The Love Boat1977 · as Kathy Ross
• The Captain and Tennille1976 · as Self - Guest
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star
• Good Heavens1976
• Donny & Marie1976 · as Self
• Tony Orlando and Dawn1974 · as Self
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Petrocelli1974 · as Ella Knox
• The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour1973
• M*A*S*H1972 · as Margaret Houlihan
• Love, American Style1969 · as Doris
• Love, American Style1969 · as Mary Beth Scoggins
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1969 · as Rosalyn
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Anna
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Wanda Russell
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Betty
• Mannix1967 · as Dorothy Harker
• Mannix1967 · as Jill Packard
• Ironside1967 · as Sally Pearson
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Midge Larson
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Hostess
• Bonanza1959 · as Ellen Sue Greely
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Belle Clark
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Donna
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee