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Loretta Swit (born on November 4, 1937 in Passaic,
New Jersey, United States|USA to Poland|Polish
immigrants) is an actress. Starting in 1972, she
played the character of Major Margaret "Hot Lips"
Houlihan  in the television series M*A*S*H (TV
series)|M*A*S*H, until its end in 1983. This was
the show that made her a household name. 

She toured in 1967 with the national touring
company "Any Wednesday", starring Gardner McKay.
She would continue on as a Pigeon sister opposite
Don Rickles and Ernest Borgnine in a Los
Angeles|LA run of "The Odd Couple". From there,
she played Agnes Gooch in the Las Vegas, Nevada |
Las Vegas version of "Mame" starring Susan Hayward
and later Celeste Holm. When she arrived in
Hollywood in 1970, she performed in certain shows
such as "Gumsmoke", "Hawaii-Five O" and "Mannix". 
Her star-making role, however, is that of Major
Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan , inherited from
Sally Kellerman. 
She, besides Alan Alda, Jamie Farr and William
Christopher, stayed for all 11 seasons of the
show. She and Alan Alda were the only 2 actors to
have been on the Pilot episode and the finale.
Among the 251 episodes, she did not appear in 11. 
She received 2 Emmy Awards for the show. 
She has also guest starred in shows such as
"Hawaii-Five O", "The Love Boat", "Pyramid" and
the latest is "Hollywood Squares". 
In 1981 Swit played the Cagney role in the movie
pilot for the television series Cagney & Lacey but
discontinued after that. 

She is also believed to be the person who inspired
Jim Henson to create Miss Piggy.

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
in 1989. She married Dennis Holahan in 1983 but
divorced him in 1995. She is 5"6 ft (1.68m) and
wears a size 7 shoe. She has also written a book
on needlepoint. She was also the first M*A*S*H (TV
series)|M*A*S*Hstar to visit South Korea|Korea
when she narrated the documentary, "Korea, the
Forgotten War." 
She also has her own line of jewelry which is sold
at stores across the United States|US. 

==External links==
*http://us.imdb.com/Name?Swit,+Loretta IMDb
Filmography



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