Marcia Jean Kurtz
Date of birth: 1942-02-11
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Marcia J. Kurtz
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.
Movie Credits
Dog Day Afternoon
1975-09-21
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Son
Requiem for a Dream
2000-10-06
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep
In Her Shoes
2005-10-07
Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives
One True Thing
1998-09-18
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mot
The Panic in Needle Park
1971-06-01
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York Ci
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983-05-22
An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.
Big Fan
2009-02-07
Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "worl
Ex-Husbands
2024-06-07
Manhattan dentist Peter Pearce is facing a midlife crisis after his wife of 35 years leaves him. On
Black Swan
2010-12-03
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her p
Believe in Me
1971-12-08
Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern f
Tower Heist
2011-11-02
A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defr
Armageddon Time
2022-10-28
In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to t
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973-03-14
Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based
Death Wish
1974-07-24
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man v
The Day the Ponies Come Back
2001-03-21
While on a business trip to New York City, Frenchman Daniel Moulin hopes to track down his long-lost
Downtown Express
2012-04-20
Sasha is a young Russian violinist on a scholarship to Juilliard, living with his affectionate but o
Born to Win
1971-12-01
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
Inside Man
2006-03-17
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective a
The Good Nurse
2022-10-19
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risk
Ass Backwards
2013-01-21
Two best friends embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant t
Date Rape
1988-09-15
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.
The Wrestler
2008-09-07
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on t
Cold Feet
1984-03-24
When each is unlucky at love, a TV writer-director and a research scientist begin seeing each other.
mother!
2017-09-13
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranq
Cry Uncle!
1971-08-17
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
The Stoolie
1972-11-30
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other crimi
Once Upon a Time in America
1984-05-23
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea
Running on Empty
1988-09-09
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixti
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997-03-21
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation t
The Giraffe
1998-09-14
Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena'
Center Stage
2000-05-12
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York t
From Other Worlds
2004-10-29
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her
Find Me Guilty
2006-03-16
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be
Arranged
2007-03-10
ARRANGED centers on the friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman who meet as f
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007-09-26
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong,
The Marconi Bros
2008-01-01
For the past 5 years, 3 months, and 26 days, (not that theyre counting) Anthony and Carmine Marconi
Miracle at St. Anna
2008-09-15
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018-12-14
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name
Recount
2008-05-25
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of F
Pleasantville
1977-11-06
A 1976 English language drama film written and directed by Kenneth Locker and Vicki Polon, starring