M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit (87) died

The American actress Loretta Swit, best known for her role in the TV series M*A*S, died on Friday at the age of 87. Various American media report this based on a statement.

The Emmy-Winning Swit played Major Margaret Houlihan, nicknamed Hot Lips, in the series M*A*S*H. As Hot Lips, a demanding head nurse of a surgical unit, she was one of the longest -serving cast members of the popular series. « It was the best time of my career, » the actress said in 2001 The Guardian.

Ten years in a row, Swit was nominated for an Emmy Award as the best female supporting role in the comedy series. The actress succeeded twice, in 1980 and 1982, to win the prize.

Always actress

The American actress was born in 1937 in New Jersey. She started her career as a secretary, but knew she actually wanted to become an actress. « That is basically all I ever wanted to be, » said Swit in an interview from 2004. As a child, she went to the movies twice a day with her mother, with only dinner as a break.

Despite her singing and dance lessons, her parents were shocked by Swits for the future. After her parents had seen her in a play, her mother told her father « if you don’t stop her now, she might continue to do this for the rest of her life, » Swit recalled in An interview with The Toronto Star in 2010.

Although Swit retired in 1998, she still appeared in two decades later Play the flute (2019). That film about a youth pastor became her last. Swit was not worried about aging. In 2020 she said The London newspaper The Express: « I don’t think about the passing of time, only about what I do with it. »

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