Person
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Acting · Born 1942-02-11 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Marcia Jean Kurtz is an American film, stage, and television actress and director. She has appeared in such films as The Panic in Needle Park, In Her Shoes, Dog Day Afternoon and Big Fan. Kurtz won an Obie Award for her performance as Doris in Donald Margulies' The Loman Family Picnic. She was also nominated for both an Obie and a Drama Desk Award for her role in Martin Sherman's When She Danced. Kurtz also directed Matty Selman's Uncle Phillip's Coat and Evan Handler's Time of Fire. She has appeared several times on the television series Law & Order.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Coetzee
Law & Order
Carla Lowenstein
The Blacklist
Edna Brimley
Blue Bloods
Marion Davis
Sex and the City
Noanie
Kate & Allie
1984
Once Upon a Time in America
Max's Mother
Black Swan
Costumer Georgina
Hope & Faith
Olga
Inside Man
Miriam Douglas
Filmography
- 2026The WaddlesGrande Dame
- 2024Ex-HusbandsEunice Pearce
- 2022Armageddon TimeGuide
- 2022The Good NurseJackie
- 2018If Beale Street Could TalkItalian Grocer
- 2017mother!Thief
- 2013The BlacklistEdna Brimley
- 2013Ass BackwardsBarb
- 2012Downtown ExpressWoman on Subway Platform
- 2011Tower HeistRose
- 2010Black SwanCostumer Georgina
- 2010Blue BloodsMarion Davis
- 2009Big FanPaul's Mom
- 2008Miracle at St. AnnaPost Office Customer
- 2008The WrestlerAdmissions Desk Woman
- 2008RecountCarol Roberts
- 2008The Marconi BrosMrs. Marconi
- 2007Before the Devil Knows You're DeadHotel Receptionist
- 2007ArrangedPrincipal Jacoby
- 2006Inside ManMiriam Douglas
- 2006Find Me GuiltySara Stiles
- 2005In Her ShoesMrs. Stein
- 2004From Other WorldsBrian's Mom
- 2003Hope & FaithOlga
- 2001The Day the Ponies Come BackThelma
- 2001100 Centre Street
- 2000Requiem for a DreamRae
- 2000Center StageEmily's Mother
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Coetzee
- 1999The GiraffeRita Teichmann
- 1998One True ThingMarcia
- 1998Sex and the CityNoanie
- 1997Night Falls on ManhattanEileen
- 1990Against the Law
- 1990Law & OrderCarla Lowenstein
- 1988Date RapeCounselor
- 1988Running on EmptySchool Clerk
- 1984Once Upon a Time in AmericaMax's Mother
- 1984Cold FeetPsychiatrist
- 1984Kate & Allie
- 1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
- 1977Pleasantville
- 1975Dog Day AfternoonMiriam
- 1974Death WishReceptionist
- 1973Mr. Inside/Mr. OutsideRenee Isaacs
- 1972The StoolieSheila Morrison
- 1971Believe in MeNurse
- 1971Born to WinMarlene
- 1971Cry Uncle!Russian Girl
- 1971The Panic in Needle ParkMarcie
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