Remembering Loretta Swit
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RSS Feed We're paying tribute to a television legend we lost just this morning. Loretta Swit, who brought Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan to life on MASH for 11 unforgettable seasons, passed away early Friday at her home in New York City. She was 87 years old. Swit won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of the tough but caring Army nurse. Beyond her acting career, she was a passionate animal rights activist who founded SwitHeart Animal Alliance. Today's questions honor her remarkable life and career.
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0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. I'm Mark Ellison, and we're paying tribute to a television legend we lost just this morning. Loretta Switt, who brought Margaret hot Lips Hulahan to life on MASH for eleven unforgettable seasons, passed away early Friday at her home in New York City. She was eighty seven years old. Beyond her acting career, she was a passionate animal rights activist who founded Swetheart Animal Alliance. Today's questions honor her remarkable life and career. Question one, Loretta Switt won two Emmy Awards for playing Margaret hot lips Hulahan on MASH.
0:43 But how many times was she nominated for the role? Question two? What was Loretta Swit's character's military rank on Mash? Question three? True or false? Loretta Switt appeared in every single episode of Mash during its eleven season run. Question four. Loretta Switt starred in the pilot episode of which famous TV cop show, though she couldn't continue due to her Mash contract.
1:23 Question five? What was the title of the final episode of Mash. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Let's reveal today's answers in honor of Loretta Switt. Question one, How many times was Loretta Switt nominated for Emmy Awards for Mash? Answer? Ten times. She was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series from nineteen seventy four through nineteen eighty three, winning twice in nineteen eighty and nineteen eighty two. T two. What was Swit's character's military rank? Answer?
2:04 Major Major Margaret Hulihan was the head nurse at the four oh seven seven Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Question three True or false? Did Swould appear in every MASH episode? Answer? False? She appeared in two hundred and forty of the show's two hundred and fifty one episodes during its eleven season run, missing only eleven episodes. Question four which cop show pilot did she star in? Switz starred alongside Tyne Daily in the nineteen eighty one pilot, but her MASH obligations prevented her from continuing when CBS picked up the series. Question five. What was Mash's final episode called? Answer?
2:45 Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen. This nineteen eighty three finale attracted nearly one hundred six million viewers and remains one of the most watched episodes in television history. Loretta Switt brought strength, complexity, and humanity to a character that could have been one dimensional. Her legacy lives on through her groundbreaking work on one of television's greatest series that concludes Today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and Today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you Monday.