Cast & creator
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Marcia J. Kurtz
42
film credits
11
television credits
53
1971–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (53)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Coetzee
1999
Law & Order
Carla Lowenstein
1990Law & Order
Alice Halsey
1990Law & Order
Myrna Bauer
1990
The Blacklist
Edna Brimley
2013
Blue Bloods
Marion Davis
2010
Sex and the City
Noanie
1998
Hope & Faith
Olga
2003
Kate & Allie
1984
Black Swan
Costumer Georgina
2010
Once Upon a Time in America
Max's Mother
1984
100 Centre Street
2001
Inside Man
Miriam Douglas
2006
The Wrestler
Admissions Desk Woman
2008
Requiem for a Dream
Rae
2000
Dog Day Afternoon
Miriam
1975
Tower Heist
Rose
2011
mother!
Thief
2017
The Good Nurse
Jackie
2022
In Her Shoes
Mrs. Stein
2005
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Hotel Receptionist
2007
Death Wish
Receptionist
1974
If Beale Street Could Talk
Italian Grocer
2018
Find Me Guilty
Sara Stiles
2006
Armageddon Time
Guide
2022
Against the Law
1990
The Panic in Needle Park
Marcie
1971
Running on Empty
School Clerk
1988
Night Falls on Manhattan
Eileen
1997
Miracle at St. Anna
Post Office Customer
2008
Center Stage
Emily's Mother
2000
One True Thing
Marcia
1998
Ex-Husbands
Eunice Pearce
2024
Big Fan
Paul's Mom
2009
Arranged
Principal Jacoby
2007
Recount
Carol Roberts
2008
Ass Backwards
Barb
2013
The Waddles
Grande Dame
2026
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983
The Giraffe
Rita Teichmann
1999
Born to Win
Marlene
1971
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
Renee Isaacs
1973
Loser
Librarian
Cry Uncle!
Russian Girl
1971
The Day the Ponies Come Back
Thelma
2001Pleasantville
1977
Date Rape
Counselor
1988
From Other Worlds
Brian's Mom
2004
The Marconi Bros
Mrs. Marconi
2008
Cold Feet
Psychiatrist
1984
Downtown Express
Woman on Subway Platform
2012
Believe in Me
Nurse
1971The Stoolie
Sheila Morrison
1972