July 19, 2019
Today's featured celebrity is one of my favorites because she starred on my all-time favorite TV show - M*A*S*H. It's Loretta Swit!
Actress Loretta Swit is known to M*A*S*H fans as none other than "Hot Lips" Houlihan. It seems like it's been a while since we've seen her in movies, on television, or the stage. So if you'd like to know what she's been doing these days then, my friend, you are in the right place!
Remember, I did NOT forget the rest of today's issue. So if you would like to see the rest of this issue which includes Swit's CREDITS, the answers to DEAD OR ALIVE?, and the list of WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK, then please, please, please click the link right here:
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See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Powers Boothe: Starred in the TV movie "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones", also appeared in the movies "Nixon" and "Red Dawn"
Maureen Stapleton: She appeared in "Bye Bye Birdie", "Interiors", "Reds", "Cocoon" and other movies
Loretta Swit is an American stage, film, and television actress known for her character roles. Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
She was married to actor Dennis Holahan from 1983 until 1995.
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.
Is vegan.
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.
Swit has not been in film or on television since 1998. In 2017, Swit appeared on stage in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. And in early 2019 she returned to acting with the role of Mrs. Kincaid in the movie
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CREDITS:
2019 Play the Flute...Mrs. Kincaid
1998 Beach Movie...Mrs. Jones
1998 Diagnosis Murder (TV Series)...Maggie Dennings
- Drill for Death (1998) ... Maggie Dennings
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) ... Evelyn Turner
1994 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Kim Mitchell
- Portrait of Death (1994) ... Kim Mitchell
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 / Photographer
- Mad as a Hatter (1992) ... Marcia Cates / Photographer (voice)
1991 Hell Hath No Fury (TV Movie)...Mary
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) ... Wanda Karpinsky
1988 Dolly (TV Series)...LuWanda Novack
- Episode #1.19 (1988) ... LuWanda Novack
1988 14 Going on 30 (TV Movie)...Miss Horton
1986 Whoops Apocalypse...President Barbara Adams
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 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (TV Movie)...Grace Bradley
1983 First Affair (TV Movie)...Jane Simon
1972-1983 M*A*S*H (TV Series)...Maj. Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
All 251 episodes
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) ... Det. Christine Cagney
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) ... Alice Phillips
1977 The Hostage Heart (TV Movie)...Chris LeBlanc
1976 Good Heavens (TV Series)...Maxine
- Good Neighbor Maxine (1976) ... Maxine
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 - Red Meyers' Wife
1974 Petrocelli (TV Series)...Ella Knox
- By Reason of Madness (1974) ... Ella Knox
1974 Policewomen...Police Desk Sergeant (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) ... Sally Pearson
1972 Young Dr. Kildare (TV Series)
- The Nature of the Beast (1972)
1972 Stand Up and Be Counted...Hilary McBride
1972 Bonanza (TV Series)...Ellen Sue Greely
- A Visit to Upright (1972) ... Ellen Sue Greely
1972 Fireball Forward (TV Movie)...Nurse (uncredited)
1972 Deadhead Miles...Lady with Glass Eye
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) ... Rosalyn
1971 Cade's County (TV Series)...Ginny Lomax
- Homecoming (1971) ... Ginny Lomax
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) ... Midge Larson
To see Then & Now pictures of Loretta Swit, visit: Celebrity Nooz
--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Fred Schepisi - ALIVE
Born: 12/26/1939
Powers Boothe - DEAD (Cardiac arrest)
Born: 06/01/1949 Died: 05/14/2017
Maureen Stapleton - DEAD (Pulmonary disease)
Born: 06/21/1925 Died: 03/13/2006
WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
7/17
Andrea Camilleri, 93, Italian writer (Salvo Montalbano) and television writer (Le inchieste del commissario Maigret), complications from a heart attack.
Warren Cole, 78, New Zealand rower, Olympic champion (1968).
Swarup Dutta, 78, Indian actor (Apanjan, Uphaar, Andha Atit).
Rudolf Gevondyan, 67, Armenian actor.
Giuseppe Merlo, 91, Italian tennis player.
Robert Waseige, 79, Belgian footballer and coach (Standard Liège, national team).
7/16
Chung Doo-un, 62, South Korean politician, Vice-Mayor of Seoul (2000-2003), MP (2004-2016), suicide.
Johnny Clegg, 66, South African singer and musician (Juluka, Savuka), pancreatic cancer.
Raja Dhale, 78, Indian writer and anti-caste discrimination activist, co-founder of Dalit Panthers.
Sonia Infante [es], 75, Mexican actress.
Pat Kelly, c. 70, Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer, complications of kidney disease.
Valeriy Kormakov [ru], 81, Russian hockey player (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod).
Mike Maser, 72, American football coach (Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars).
Himayat Ali Shair, 93, Pakistani poet and writer.
John Paul Stevens, 99, American judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1975-2010), complications from a stroke.
Olga Vyalikova, 65, Russian actress (An Ordinary Miracle).
7/15
Marc Batchelor, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates), shot.
Mortimer Caplin, 103, American lawyer and educator, IRS Commissioner (1961-1964).
Ousmane Tanor Dieng, 72, Senegalese politician, Vice-president of the Socialist International (since 1996).
Craig Fallon, 36, British judoka, world champion (2005).
Alexis Galanos, 78, Cypriot politician, president of the House of Representatives (1991-1996) and Mayor-in-exile of Famagusta (since 2006).
Edith Irby Jones, 91, American physician.
Sir Fergus Millar, 84, British ancient historian, Camden Professor of Ancient History (1984-2002).
Werner Müller, 73, German businessman and politician, Federal Minister for Economics and Technology (1998-2002).
Dzhemma Osmolovskaya [ru], 80, Russian actress (Street Full of Surprises, Sleepless Night).
Byambasuren Sharav, 66, Mongolian composer and pianist.
7/14
Rony Bridges, Scottish actor (Dear Frankie, Valhalla Rising, The Decoy Bride).
Frieder Burda, 83, German art collector.
Robert Elgie, 54, Irish academic.
Hussain Muhammad Ershad, 89, Bangladeshi military officer and politician, Chief of Army Staff (1978-1986) and President (1983-1990), Leader of the Opposition (since 2019), myelodysplastic syndrome.
Hoàng T?y, 91, Vietnamese mathematician.
Terry Hodgkinson, 70, British land developer, Chairman of Yorkshire Forward (2003-2010).
Nereo Laroni, 76, Italian politician, Mayor of Venice (1985-1987) and MEP (1989-1994), complications from heart surgery.
Ernie Mims, 86, American television host (WOC).
Lavenia Padarath, 74, Fijian politician, MP (1999-2001, 2006) and President of the Labour Party (since 2015).
Karl Shiels, 47, Irish actor (Fair City, Into the Badlands, Henry IV, Part 1).
Pernell Whitaker, 55, American boxer, four-weight world champion, Olympic champion (1984), hit by a car.
Paul Albert Zipfel, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bismarck (1996-2011).
7/13
Bob Bastian, 80, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1999-2008), crushed by tractor.
Richard Carter, 65, Australian actor (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Great Gatsby, Rafferty's Rules).
Augusto Fantozzi, 79, Italian lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (1995-1996).
Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar, 86, Indian writer and art curator.
Charles Levin, 70, American actor (Alice, Hill Street Blues, Capital News).
Bill Luxton, 92, Canadian actor and announcer (Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas).
Isaac Lesiba Maphotho, 88, South African revolutionary and politician, MPL (1994-2014).
Paul F. Markham, 89, American attorney, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1966-1969), key figure in the Chappaquiddick incident.
Rod Richards, 72, Welsh politician, MP for Clwyd North West (1992-1997), Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party (1999), cancer.
Paolo Sardi, 84, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2009-2014).
Aleksandr Shumidub, 55, Belarusian Olympic ice hockey player (1998) and manager.
Glenn Smith, 80, American outdoorsman and television host.
Victor Sosnora, 83, Russian poet and playwright.
7/12
Abu Bakar, 66, Indonesian politician, regent of West Bandung.
Jorge Aguado, 93, Argentine politician and ruralist, de facto Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1982-1983) and Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (1981).
Georgios Anastassopoulos, 83, Greek journalist (Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers) and politician, MEP (1984-1999) and Vice President (1989-1999).
Fernando J. Corbató, 93, American computer scientist, developer of Multics, complications from diabetes.
Joe Grzenda, 82, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets).
Abdul Hamid Hamidi, 92, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1960), lung injury.
Emily Hartridge, 35, British television presenter and internet personality, traffic collision.
Damodaran Kalassery, 88, Indian politician, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Hodan Nalayeh, 42, Somali-Canadian media executive and activist, shot.
Claudio Naranjo, 86, Chilean psychiatrist, co-developer of the Enneagram of Personality.
M. J. Radhakrishnan, 61, Indian cinematographer (Deshadanam, Karunam, Naalu Pennungal), heart attack.
Dick Richards [de], 95, American Hall of Fame drummer (Bill Haley & His Comets).
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, American civil rights advocate and museum founder (Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum), asphyxiation.
Joseph Rouleau, 90, Canadian bass opera singer.
Russell Smith, 70, American singer-songwriter (Amazing Rhythm Aces), cancer.
Matthew Trundle, 53, British-born New Zealand classics and ancient history academic (University of Auckland), leukemia.
Jean-Pierre Worms, 84, French sociologist and politician, Deputy (1981-1993).
7/11
Tony Bamonte, 77, American historian (Inland Northwest).
Jack Bond, 87, English cricketer (Lancashire).
Robert Francis Christian, 70, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco (since 2018).
Carlos Javier Echarri Cánovas [es], Mexican demographer, traffic collision.
Robert Entwistle, 77, English cricketer (Minor Counties, Cumberland, Lancashire).
Héctor Figueroa, 57, American labor leader, president of SEIU 32BJ, heart attack.
Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat, 76, Turkish politician, MP (1999-2011, since 2015), lung cancer.
Brendan Grace, 68, Irish comedian (Moondance, Father Ted) and singer, lung cancer.
Séamus Hetherton, 89, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cavan).
Soumendranath Kundu, 77, Indian cricketer (Bengal, Railways).
Vincent Lambert [fr], 42, French quadriplegic and vegetative state right-to-die figure, court assisted starvation.
Théodore Mel Eg, 67, Ivorian politician, Minister of Culture and Francophonie (2005-2007) and of City and Salubrity (2007-2010).
Sufi Muhammad, 86, Pakistani cleric and Islamist militant, founder and leader of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (1992-2002).
Arto Nilsson, 71, Finnish boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
Robert Stachler, 88, American lawyer (Pete Rose, Cincinnati Bengals).
Mark Talisman, 78, American legislative aide (Charles Vanik) and Jewish activist.
William H. Walls, 86, American judge, judge of the District Court for the District of New Jersey (1994-2005).
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