Where Are They Now - Friday, January 26, 2018

Hello fans,

Actress Loretta Swit is known to audiences as "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H. We haven't seen too much of her these days on the acting scene. What has she been doing with her time? Find out here!

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Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Lou Jacobi: He appeared in "I.Q.", "Arthur" and "My Favorite Year", among many movies

Don Grady: Played Robbie Douglas on the TV series "My Three Sons"

Sonia Braga: Sultry Brazilian actress, starred in "Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and other movies



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Loretta Swit
Learn More About Loretta Swit on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: November 4, 1937, Passaic, New Jersey

CLAIM TO FAME: She is best-known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H.

FAMILY LIFE: She was married to actor Dennis Holahan from 1983 until 1995.

INFO: Swit trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts as a singer before finding a career in the theater. She joined the national touring company of Any Wednesday in 1967, which starred Gardner McKay. She went on to play a Pigeon sister opposite Don Rickles and Ernest Borgnine in an L.A. run of The Odd Couple, and then appeared as Agnes Gooch in the Las Vegas version of Mame.

When she arrived in Hollywood in 1970, she appeared on television in Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, and Mannix. In 1972, she got her big break when she landed the role of "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the television series M*A*S*H. She ended up staying for all 11 seasons of the show, from 1972 to 1983.

During the series' occasional production layoffs, she starred in a number of made-for-TV movies, including the pilot episode of Cagney and Lacey (1981). She also had supporting roles in films like S.O.B. (1981), Beer (1985), Whoops Apocalypse (1988), Forest Warrior (1996) and Beach Movie (1998). She was the host of a cable-TV wildlife series called Those Incredible Animals for five years beginning in 1992.

TRIVIA: Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989.

In 1991, won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.

Graduated from Pope Pius XII High School in Passaic, NJ, in 1955.

Is vegan.

Is of Polish descent.

Received two Emmys for her work on M*A*S*H.

Studied with Gene Frankel in Manhattan and considered him her acting coach.

Made her Broadway debut in Same Time, Next Year in 1975 opposite Ted Bessell.

Wrote a book called Needlepoint Scrapbook.

Wanted to leave "M*A*S*H" (1972) after the 8th season, but FOX wouldn't let her out of her contract.

An animal rights activist, Swit now devotes most of her time to fundraising for humane organizations. She began her own jewelry line and exhibits her watercolor paintings to help raise money for these charities, and has served as a spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Swit has been unofficially retired from acting since 1998. Recently, she has returned to acting with the role of Mrs. Kincaid in Play the Flute, which is currently in post-production.

CREDITS:

1998 Beach Movie...Mrs. Jones

1998 Diagnosis Murder (TV Series)...Maggie Dennings
- Drill for Death (1998)

1997 Cow and Chicken (TV Series)...Judge
- Space Cow/The Legend of Sailcat (1997) ... Judge (voice, as Lorretta Swit)

1996 Forest Warrior...Shirley

1995 Burke's Law (TV Series)...Evelyn Turner
- Who Killed the Sweet Smell of Success? (1995)

1994 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Kim Mitchell
- Portrait of Death (1994)

1992 The Big Battalions (TV Mini-Series)...Cora Lynne
- Episode #1.4 (1992) ... Cora Lynne
- Episode #1.3 (1992) ... Cora Lynne

1992 A Killer Among Friends (TV Movie)...Det. Patricia Staley

1992 Batman: The Animated Series (TV Series)...Marcia Cates
- Mad as a Hatter (1992) (voice)

1991 Hell Hath No Fury (TV Movie)

1990 A Matter of Principle (TV Movie)...Janet Short

1989 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)...Wanda Karpinsky
- My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He? (1989)

1988 Whoops Apocalypse...President Barbara Adams

1988 14 Going on 30 (TV Movie)...Miss Horton

1986 Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story (TV Movie)...Deo Fisher

1985 Miracle at Moreaux (TV Movie)...Sister Gabrielle

1985 Beer...B.D. Tucker

1985 Sam (TV Movie)...Samantha Flynn

1985 The Execution (TV Movie)...Marysia Walenka

1977-1984 The Love Boat (TV Series)...Kathy Ross / Anoushka Mishancov / Terry Larsen
- My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 2 (1984) ... Kathy Ross
- My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 1 (1984) ... Kathy Ross
- A Time for Everything/The Song Is Ended/Accidental Cruise/Anoushka (1978) ... Anoushka Mishancov
- Ex Plus Y/Golden Agers/Graham and Kelly (1977) ... Terry Larsen

1983 First Affair (TV Movie)...Jane Simon

1972-1983 M*A*S*H (TV Series)...Major Margaret Houlihan

1983 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (TV Movie)...Grace Bradley

1982 Games Mother Never Taught You (TV Movie)...Laura Bentells

1982 The Kid from Nowhere (TV Movie)...Caroline Baker

1981 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)...Det. Christine Cagney
- Pilot (1981)

1981 S.O.B....Polly Reed

1980 The Love Tapes (TV Movie)...Samantha Young

1979 Valentine (TV Movie)...Emily

1979 Friendships, Secrets and Lies (TV Movie)...B.J.

1979 Mirror, Mirror (TV Movie)...Sandy McLaren

1979 Supertrain (TV Series)...Alice Phillips
- Hail to the Chief (1979)

1977 The Hostage Heart (TV Movie)...Chris LeBlanc

1976 Good Heavens (TV Series)...Maxine
- Good Neighbor Maxine (1976)

1975 Rickles (TV Movie)...Major Hotlips Houlihan

1975 Race with the Devil...Alice

1975 It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (TV Movie)...Sydney

1975 The Last Day (TV Movie)...Daisy

1974 Freebie and the Bean...Mildred - Meyers' Wife

1974 Petrocelli (TV Series)...Ella Knox
- By Reason of Madness (1974)

1974 Tony Orlando and Dawn (TV Series)
- Episode #1.1 (1974)

1974 Policewomen...Police Clerk (uncredited)

1972-1973 Love, American Style (TV Series)...Mary Beth Scoggins (segment "Love and the Locksmith") / Doris (segment "Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy")
- Love and the Big Top/Love and the Locksmith/Love and the Odd Couples/Love and the Unwedding (1973) ... Mary Beth Scoggins (segment "Love and the Locksmith")
- Love and the Hairy Excuse/Love and Lady Luck/Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy (1972) ... Doris (segment "Love and the Pick-Up Fantasy")

1973 Shirts/Skins (TV Movie)...Linda Bush

1973 Ironside (TV Series)...Sally Pearson
- Ollinger's Last Case (1973)

1973 Deadhead Miles...Lady with Glass Eye

1972 Stand Up and Be Counted...Hilary McBride

1972 Bonanza (TV Series)...Ellen Sue Greely
- A Visit to Upright (1972)

1972 Fireball Forward (TV Movie)...Nurse (uncredited)

1969-1972 Hawaii Five-O (TV Series)...Wanda Russell / Betty / Anna
- Bait Once, Bait Twice (1972) ... Betty
- Three Dead Cows at Makapuu: Part II (1970) ... Wanda Russell
- Three Dead Cows at Makapuu: Part I (1970) ... Wanda Russell
- A Thousand Pardons - You're Dead! (1969) ... Anna

1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series)...Rosalyn
- The Convicts (1971)

1971 Cade's County (TV Series)...Ginny Lomax
- Homecoming (1971)

1970 Gunsmoke (TV Series)...Donna / Belle Clark
- Snow Train: Part 2 (1970) ... Donna
- Snow Train: Part 1 (1970) ... Donna
- The Pack Rat (1970) ... Belle Clark

1970 Mannix (TV Series)...Jill Packard / Dorothy Harker
- Figures in a Landscape (1970) ... Jill Packard
- Only One Death to a Customer (1970) ... Dorothy Harker

1970 Mission: Impossible (TV Series)...Midge Larson
- Homecoming (1970)

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Lou Jacobi - DEAD
Born: 12/28/1913 Died: 10/23/2009

Don Grady - DEAD
Born: 06/08/1944 Died: 06/27/2012

Sonia Braga - ALIVE
Born: 06/08/1950

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
1/25
Claribel Alegría, 93, Nicaraguan poet.
Shawkat Ali, 81, Bangladeshi author.
Daniel M. Buechlein, 79, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Indianapolis (1992-2011).
Neagu Djuvara, 101, Romanian historian, essayist and philosopher, pneumonia.
Arnaud Giovaninetti (fr), 50, French actor.
Mao Kankan (zh), 34, Chinese businessman, suicide.
Patrick Mazimhaka, 69, Rwandan politician.
Sandy Mokwena, 68, South African actor.
Lyudmila Senchina, 67, Russian singer.
Graham Williams, 72, New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington, national team).

1/24
Marcos Carvajal, 33, Venezuelan baseball player (Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins), pneumonia.
Gonzalo Facio Segreda, 99, Costa Rican politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970-1978), President of the Legislative Assembly (1953-1956), Ambassador to the United States (1956-1958, 1962-1966, 1990-1994).
Renaud Gagneux, 70, French composer.
Jack Ketchum, 71, American novelist (The Girl Next Door) and screenwriter (Offspring), cancer.
Krishna Kumari, 84, Indian actress (Pathala Bhairavi), bone marrow cancer.
Warren Miller, 93, American ski and snowboarding filmmaker.
Pedro Pérez Fernández (es), 68, Spanish economist.
Mark E. Smith, 60, English singer and songwriter (The Fall).
Attila Verestóy, 63, Romanian politician and chemical engineer, Senator (since 1990).

1/23
Anders Åberg, 72, Swedish sculptor and painter.
Mohammed Al-Mfarah, 72, Saudi Arabian actor.
Yashwant Chavan, 97, Indian trade unionist, founder of the Lal Nishan Party.
Henry Dalzell-Payne, 88, British army general.
Hugh Masekela, 78, South African jazz trumpeter ("Grazing in the Grass", "Bring Him Back Home") and composer ("Soweto Blues"), prostate cancer.
Nicanor Parra, 103, Chilean poet.
Marcelo Romo, 76, Chilean actor (Enough Praying).
Sys NS, 61, Indonesian actor, director and politician, member of the People's Consultative Assembly (1999-2004).
Joel Taylor, 38, American meteorologist (Storm Chasers).
Wyatt Tee Walker, 88, American civil rights activist and pastor.
Lari White, 52, American country singer ("Now I Know", "That's My Baby") and actress (Cast Away), peritoneal cancer.
Richard Woollacott, 40, British racehorse trainer.

1/22
Jimmy Armfield, 82, English football player (Blackpool, national team) and manager (Leeds United), world champion (1966), cancer.
Shorty Castro, 89, Puerto Rican comedian, songwriter and entertainer, cancer.
Preston Shannon, 70, American blues musician.

1/21
Yves Afonso, 73, French actor.
Khagen Das, 80, Indian politician, MP (2002-2004, 2004-2014), cardiac arrest.
Bruno Giacosa, 88, Italian winemaker.
Philippe Gondet, 75, French footballer (Nantes, Red Star, national team).
Jim Johannson, 53, American ice hockey player (Indianapolis Ice, Milwaukee Admirals) and executive (USA Hockey).
Jun Tae-soo, 33, South Korean actor.
Jens Okking, 78, Danish actor (The Kingdom, One-Hand Clapping) and politician, MEP (1999-2003).
Pasquale Panìco, 91, Italian politician, Senator (1979-1992).
Yao Ming (zh), 69, Chinese composer.

1/20
Paul Bocuse, 91, French chef, Parkinson's disease.
Wendell Castle, 85, American furniture designer and artist.
John Coleman, 83, American meteorologist, co-founder of The Weather Channel.
William Cousins, 90, American judge (Illinois Appellate Court), Chicago City Council member (1967-1976).
Terry Evans, 80, American blues and soul musician.
Antonius Jan Glazemaker, 86, Dutch Old Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Utrecht (1982-2000).
Mario Guccio, 64, Belgian singer (Machiavel).
Bill Johnson, 57, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs).
Jerry Keeling, 78, American-born Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Ottawa Rough Riders, Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
Graeme Langlands, 76, Australian rugby league footballer (St. George Dragons, national team).
Howard Lew Lewis, 76, English comedian and actor (Brush Strokes, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Chelmsford 123).
Sylvester Carmel Magro, 76, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Benghazi (1997-2016).
Hasmukh Patel, 84, Indian architect.
Jim Rodford, 76, English bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies), injuries from a fall.
Doron Rubin, 74, Israeli military officer.
Harry Selby, 92, South African hunter.
Anindya Sengupta, 52, Indian journalist, cancer.
Bob Smith, 59, American comedian (Funny Gay Males) and author, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Jack Whitten, 78, American artist.

1/19
Dik Abed, 73, South African-born Dutch cricketer.
Munnu Bhai, 84, Pakistani journalist.
Ute Bock, 75, Austrian educator and humanitarian.
Anna Campori, 100, Italian actress.
Maurice Couture, 91, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Québec (1990-2002).
Alain Devaquet, 75, French politician.
Saqi Farooqi, 81, Pakistani poet.
Red Fisher, 91, Canadian hockey journalist (Montreal Star, Montreal Gazette).
Célio de Oliveira Goulart, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of São João del Rei (since 2010).
Ed LaForge, 82, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1994-2000), heart disease.
Dorothy Malone, 93, American actress (Written on the Wind, Peyton Place, Basic Instinct), Oscar winner (1956).
Abdulsalam Musa, 39, Nigerian footballer (Kwara United).
Fredo Santana, 27, American rapper, kidney failure.
Allison Shearmur, 54, American film producer (The Hunger Games, Rogue One, Cinderella), complications from lung cancer.
Moose Stubing, 79, American baseball player (California Angels).
Lutho Tapela, Zimbabwean politician, Senator (2005-2013).
Sriniwas Tiwari, 93, Indian politician, Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993-2003).

1/18
Ishfaq Ahmad, 87, Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor (Abdus Salam Centre for Physics).
John Barton, 89, British theatre director, co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Luc Beyer de Ryke, 84, Belgian politician, MEP (1980-1989), aortic rupture.
Hans Christoph Binswanger (de), 88, Swiss economist.
Bob Carlton, 67, British theatre director and writer (Return to the Forbidden Planet).
Arthur Davidson, 89, British politician, MP for Accrington (1966-1983), complications from a fall.
Ding Guangquan, 73, Chinese comedian.
Martine Époque, 75, French-born Canadian dance educator and choreographer.
Alexander Götz (de), 89, Austrian politician, mayor of Graz (1973-1983), chairman of the FPÖ (1978-1979).
Wallis Grahn, 72, Swedish actress (Rederiet).
Kashinath, 67, Indian actor and director (Anubhava, Avale Nanna Hendthi, Avane Nanna Ganda), cancer.
Chandi Lahiri, 88, Indian cartoonist.
Julius Lester, 78, American writer (To Be a Slave) and educator.
Olivia Lua, 23, American pornographic actress.
Lucas Mangope, 94, South African politician, President of Bophuthatswana (1977-1994).
Clara Marangoni, 102, Italian gymnast, Olympic silver medalist (1928).
Peter Mayle, 78, British author (A Year in Provence).
Laurie Morgan, 87, British government official, Chief Minister of Guernsey (2004-2007).
Steve Nisbett, 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse).
Augusto Polo Campos, 85, Peruvian composer.
Dusty Richards, 80, American author, complications of injuries from traffic collision.
Nancy Richler, 60, Canadian novelist, cancer.
Anthony Allen Shore, 55, American serial killer and rapist, execution by lethal injection.
Louie Tabing, 73, Filipino radio broadcaster (DZMM).
Stansfield Turner, 94, American admiral, Director of Central Intelligence (1977-1981).
Joseph Wang Yu-jung, 86, Taiwanese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Taichung (1986-2009).
Chick Webster, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).