Acting

Marcia Jean Kurtz

Born 1942-02-11 · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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The Waddles
as Grande Dame
2026
Ex-Husbands
as Eunice Pearce
2024
Armageddon Time
as Guide
2022
The Good Nurse
as Jackie
2022
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Italian Grocer
2018
mother!
as Thief
2017
The Blacklist
as Edna Brimley
2013
Ass Backwards
as Barb
2013
Downtown Express
as Woman on Subway Platform
2012
Tower Heist
as Rose
2011
Black Swan
as Costumer Georgina
2010
Blue Bloods
as Marion Davis
2010
Big Fan
as Paul's Mom
2009
The Wrestler
as Admissions Desk Woman
2008
Miracle at St. Anna
as Post Office Customer
2008
Recount
as Carol Roberts
2008
The Marconi Bros
as Mrs. Marconi
2008
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Hotel Receptionist
2007
Arranged
as Principal Jacoby
2007
Inside Man
as Miriam Douglas
2006
Find Me Guilty
as Sara Stiles
2006
In Her Shoes
as Mrs. Stein
2005
From Other Worlds
as Brian's Mom
2004
Hope & Faith
as Olga
2003
The Day the Ponies Come Back
as Thelma
2001
100 Centre Street
2001
Requiem for a Dream
as Rae
2000
Center Stage
as Emily's Mother
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Coetzee
1999
The Giraffe
as Rita Teichmann
1999
One True Thing
as Marcia
1998
Sex and the City
as Noanie
1998
Night Falls on Manhattan
as Eileen
1997
Against the Law
1990
Law & Order
as Carla Lowenstein
1990
Law & Order
as Alice Halsey
1990
Law & Order
as Myrna Bauer
1990
Date Rape
as Counselor
1988
Running on Empty
as School Clerk
1988
Once Upon a Time in America
as Max's Mother
1984
Cold Feet
as Psychiatrist
1984
Kate & Allie
1984
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
Pleasantville
1977
Dog Day Afternoon
as Miriam
1975
Death Wish
as Receptionist
1974
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
as Renee Isaacs
1973
The Stoolie
as Sheila Morrison
1972
Believe in Me
as Nurse
1971
Born to Win
as Marlene
1971
Cry Uncle!
as Russian Girl
1971
The Panic in Needle Park
as Marcie
1971
Loser
as Librarian
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