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Loretta Swit

1937 - 2025

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Loretta Jane Swit (born Loretta Jane Szwed; November 4, 1937 – May 30, 2025) was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Loretta Swit is the 4,100th most popular actor, the 6,072nd most popular biography from United States and the 1,842nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Loretta Swit ranks 4,100 out of 13,578. Before her are Judge Reinhold, Allen Garfield, Mickey Kuhn, Zhao Wei, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Tang Wei. After her are Lee Aaker, Sig Ruman, Dorothy Gish, Hu Die, Zooey Deschanel, and Steven Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Loretta Swit ranks 322. Before her are Pierluigi Chicca, William Lombardy, Giorgi Shengelaia, Gyula Zsivótzky, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, and Chris Blackwell. After her are Manga, Grace Bumbry, Ramsewak Shankar, Nadia Gamal, Jack Nitzsche, and Leo Kadanoff. Among people deceased in 2025, Loretta Swit ranks 95. Before her are Eleonora Giorgi, Jeannot Szwarc, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, James Harrison, Fred Stolle, and Yves Boisset. After her are Manga, Souleymane Cissé, Yury Grigorovich, Sandra Harding, Mimis Domazos, and Priscilla Pointer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Loretta Swit ranks 6,072 out of 20,380. Before her are Mike Lee (1971), S. Robson Walton (1944), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), C. J. Cherryh (1942), Mickey Kuhn (1932), and Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960). After her are Lee Aaker (1943), Tommy Gunn (1967), Amy Lowell (1874), Dorothy Gish (1898), Tommy Flanagan (1930), and Zooey Deschanel (1980).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Loretta Swit ranks 1,842. Before her are Denver Pyle (1920), Margaret Avery (1944), Judge Reinhold (1957), Allen Garfield (1939), Mickey Kuhn (1932), and Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960). After her are Lee Aaker (1943), Dorothy Gish (1898), Zooey Deschanel (1980), Steven Williams (1949), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), and Chuck Connors (1921).

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