Swoosie Kurtz is known for her roles as Alex Reed Barker on the NBC TV show "Sisters (1991-1996)" and Joyce Flynn on the CBS TV sitcom "Mike & Molly (2010-2016)".

She played Laurie Morgan on the NBC TV sitcom "Love, Sidney (1981-1983)", Effie Conklin on the CBS TV sitcom "Love & Money (1999-2000)", Lily Charles on the ABC TV show "Pushing Daisies (2007-2009)".

Some other TV shows she appeared on are "As the World Turns", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Doctors", "Kojak", "Great Performances", "American Playhouse", "Trying Times", "Carol & Company", "Hope & Gloria", "Party Girl", "Suddenly Susan", "Touched by an Angel", "ER", "More Tales of the City", "The Outer Limits", "That's Life", "Street Time", "Lost", "Still Standing", "Huff", "Desperate Housewives", " Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Heroes", "Hank", "Rita Rocks", "Chuck", "Nurse Jackie", "Grace and Frankie" and "Man with a Plan".

She played Megan in the movie "Bright Lights, Big City (1988)", Madame de Volanges in "Dangerous Liaisons (1988)", Dana Appleton in "Liar Liar (1997)" and Dr. Greenbaum in "Cruel Intentions (1999)"

Some other movies she appeared in are "Slap Shot (1977)", "First Love (1977)", "Oliver's Story (1978)", "Walking Through the Fire (1979)", "Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980)", "The Mating Season (1980)", "The World According to Garp (1982)", "A Caribbean Mystery (1983)", "Against All Odds (1984)", "A Time to Live (1985)", "Guilty Conscience (1985)", "Wildcats (1986)", "True Stories (1986)", "Baja Oklahoma (1988)", "Vice Versa (1988)", "The Image (1990)", "Stanley & Iris (1990)", "A Shock to the System (1990)", "Terror on Track 9 (1992)", "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)", "And the Band Played On (1993)", "Reality Bites (1994)", "One Christmas (1994)", "Betrayed: A Story of Three Women (1995)", "Harvey (1996)", "Citizen Ruth (1996)", "A Promise to Carolyn (1996)", "Storybook (1996)", "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997)", "Outside Ozona (1998)", "The White River Kid (1999)", "Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes (2000)", "Get Over It (2001)", "Buble Boy (2001)", "The Wilde Girls (2001)", "The Rules of Attraction (2002)", "Duplex (2003)", "Nadine in Date Land (2005)", "Living Proof (2008)", "An Englishman in New York (2009)" and "Furst Born (2016)".

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