Loretta Swit

In her four-hour interview, Loretta Swit describes her early years as an actress, breaking into theater and television in New York and later moving to Los Angeles. She discusses getting the role of "Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan" on the acclaimed series M*A*S*H, which she played for the entirety of the series' eleven-season run. She talks in detail about the evolution of her character, discusses landmark episodes, and vividly recounts what it was like working with the series ensemble. She describes her many other appearances on television in guest roles on series and in such television movies as Cagney & Lacey (for which she originated the role of "Christine Cagney") and Games Mother Never Taught You, about a woman who becomes the only female executive in a large firm. She also talks about some of her feature films including her work with Blake Edwards on his movie S.O.B. Gary Rutkowski conducted the interview on May 10, 2005 in Beverly Hills, CA.