Loretta Swit of course took over the role as Margaret "Hot Lips"
Houlihan for the TV series. The character was first played by Sally
Kellerman (who died in 2022) in the original movie.
M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87
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Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy awards for her role on the
popular comedy TV series M*A*S*H, died on Friday, according
to her representative.
She died at her home in New York at age 87, her publicist
Harlan Boll told the BBC. She likely died of natural causes,
although a coroner's report is pending.
On M*A*S*H, Swit played US Army nurse Major Margaret "Hot
Lips" Houlihan. The series, which followed a mobile Army
surgical hospital during the Korean war, ran for 11 seasons
from 1974 to 1983.
Swit was nominated for numerous awards, and appeared in
nearly every episode of the series, including the finale
which attracted a record 106m US viewers.
The show remains one of the most successful and acclaimed
series in US television history. Its season finale was the
most watched episode of any TV series in history when it
ended in 1983.
As "Hot Lips," Swit played a tough but vulnerable Army nurse
who gained the nickname after having an affair with
Maj. Frank Burns, who was played by Larry Linville.
The show used comedy and pranks to tackle tough issues like
racism, sexism and the impacts of PTSD within the military.
It was based on the 1968 book, "MASH: A Novel About Three
Army Doctors," penned by an Army surgeon.
Along with M*A*S*H, Swit also appeared in other TV shows,
movies and even game shows over her career. She took to the
Broadway stage in "Same Time, Next Year," "Mame" and "Shirley
Valentine".
"Acting is not hiding to me, it's revealing. We give you
license to feel," she said in an interview with the Star
magazine in 2010. "That's the most important thing in the
world, because when you stop feeling, that's when you're
dead."
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On 5/30/2025 6:20 PM, Your Name wrote:
Loretta Swit of course took over the role as Margaret "Hot Lips"
Houlihan for the TV series. The character was first played by Sally
Kellerman (who died in 2022) in the original movie.
�� M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87
�� -----------------------------------------
�� Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy awards for her role on the
�� popular comedy TV series M*A*S*H, died on Friday, according
�� to her representative.
�� She died at her home in New York at age 87, her publicist
�� Harlan Boll told the BBC. She likely died of natural causes,
�� although a coroner's report is pending.
�� On M*A*S*H, Swit played US Army nurse Major Margaret "Hot
�� Lips" Houlihan. The series, which followed a mobile Army
�� surgical hospital during the Korean war, ran for 11 seasons
�� from 1974 to 1983.
�� Swit was nominated for numerous awards, and appeared in
�� nearly every episode of the series, including the finale
�� which attracted a record 106m US viewers.
�� The show remains one of the most successful and acclaimed
�� series in US television history. Its season finale was the
�� most watched episode of any TV series in history when it
�� ended in 1983.
�� As "Hot Lips," Swit played a tough but vulnerable Army nurse
�� who gained the nickname after having an affair with
�� Maj. Frank Burns, who was played by Larry Linville.
�� The show used comedy and pranks to tackle tough issues like
�� racism, sexism and the impacts of PTSD within the military.
�� It was based on the 1968 book, "MASH: A Novel About Three
�� Army Doctors," penned by an Army surgeon.
�� Along with M*A*S*H, Swit also appeared in other TV shows,
�� movies and even game shows over her career. She took to the
�� Broadway stage in "Same Time, Next Year," "Mame" and "Shirley
�� Valentine".
�� "Acting is not hiding to me, it's revealing. We give you
�� license to feel," she said in an interview with the Star
�� magazine in 2010. "That's the most important thing in the
�� world, because when you stop feeling, that's when you're
�� dead."
�� <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20qzlxz1w0o>
I've long believed (because I heard somewhere) that 'Miss Piggy' was
visually modeled on Swit, but Google seems not to know of it.
I've long believed (because I heard somewhere) that 'Miss Piggy' was
visually modeled on Swit, but Google seems not to know of it.
I've long believed (because I heard somewhere) that 'Miss Piggy' was
visually modeled on Swit, but Google seems not to know of it.
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