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Lily Charles is Played by Swoosie Kurtz

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DOB: September 6, 1944

Originally from: Omaha, NE

Height: ---

Eye color: Blue

Trademark characteristic: Red hair

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Swoosie Kurtz, Lily Charles
Plays Lily Charles in Pushing Daisies

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Birthplace: ---

Education: University of S. California, BA in drama; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Family/Relationships: Parents, Frank (Air Force Colonel) & Margo Rogers (author)

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Notes: An only child, moved many times due to her father's profession. Ms. Kurtz's name came from the plane her father piloted in WWII, the B-17D Flying Fortress a.k.a. "The Swoose", half-swan, half-goose.

Big break: Performer on Mary Tyler Moore's self-titled comedy-variety show in 1978

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Movies: Slap Shot; The World According to Garp; Against All Odds; Wildcats; Bright Lights, Big City; Dangerous Liaisons; The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom; And the Band Played On; Reality Bites; Cruel Intentions; The Rules of Attraction

Television: "Mary"; "Carol & Company"; "Love, Sidney"; "Sisters"; "Suddenly Susan"; "That's Life"; "Still Standing"; "Lost"; "Huff"; frequent presenter at the Tony Awards since 1982

Plays: Ah, Wilderness!; Uncommon Women and Others; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Love Letters; Imaginary Friends; Six Degrees of Separation; Frozen; Heartbreak House

Other: Voice of Martha Kent for the 2007 animated cartoon "Superman: Doomsday"

Awards: 1981 Tony/Drama Desk/Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress in The Fifth of July; 1986 Tony Award for Best Actress in The House of Blue Leaves; 1990 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for "Carol & Company"




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