Swoosie Kurtz News

The title of playwright Wendy Wasserstein's 1977 off-Broadway hit, "Uncommon Women and Others," accurately described the roles which brought original cast member Swoosie Kurtz two Tonys, one Emmy - " and universal renown.... The title of playwright Wendy Wasserstein's 1977 off-Broadway hit, "Uncommon Women and Others," accurately described the ...

BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Swoosie Kurtz was born in Omaha, Neb., on this date in 1944.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 6-12: Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 72.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS This gorgeous two-piece dress was worn by Swoosie Kurtz in the 1988 film "Dangerous Liaisons." When you watch a period film, do you ever give thought to the costumes the actors are wearing? Unless it's a focus of attention like the green outfit Scarlett O'Hara wears in "Gone With The Wind" that was made out of the drapes ...

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS This gorgeous two-piece dress was worn by Swoosie Kurtz in the 1988 film "Dangerous Liaisons." When you watch a period film, do you ever give thought to the costumes the actors are wearing? Unless it's a focus of attention like the green outfit Scarlett O'Hara wears in "Gone With The Wind" that was made out of the drapes ...

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS This gorgeous two-piece dress was worn by Swoosie Kurtz in the 1988 film "Dangerous Liaisons." When you watch a period film, do you ever give thought to the costumes the actors are wearing? Unless it's a focus of attention like the green outfit Scarlett O'Hara wears in "Gone With The Wind" that was made out of the drapes ...

H ow about that silly new name for the SciFi cable network? I don't watch much on SyFy , but I have sampled its new X-Files rip-off, Warehouse 13 - probably not something I'll be devoted to.

After seducing Kelly Preston in Citizen Ruth and attempting to do the same to Teri Hatcher on Desperate Housewives, Swoosie Kurtz goes lesbian again with BFF Blythe Danner on Nurse Jackie.

Costume designer: Janet Patterson. Evening dress of gold lam overlaid with black and gold net worn by Nicole Kidman as Isabel Archer in "The Portrait of a Lady." Costume designer: James Acheson.