Loretta Swit

American actress, a star on the television series "M*A*S*H* playing Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, a role for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982. Her films include Freebie & the Bean and Race With the Devil. Her roles on Broadway include a performance in the play Same Time, Next Year.

Swit was once linked with musician Bill Hudson. She married actor Dennis Holahan in 1983 and divorced him in 1995. Holahan played Per Johannsen, a Swedish diplomat who became briefly involved with Swit's character in an episode of M*A*S*H.

Swit was an animal rights activist. She was a vegetarian for many years before becoming a vegan in 1981.

Swit wrote a book on needlepoint, titled A Needlepoint Scrapbook (1986).

Loretta Swit died at her home in New York City on 30 May 2025 at the age of 87.