Loretta Swit, Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87

Hollywood Reporter ^ | 05/30/2025 | Lisa De Los Reyes

[quilterdebbie]

Right!

[4 Libertys sake]

Yup—> nailed it!!!

[MortMan]

From Wikipedia:

When Swit arrived in Hollywood in 1969, she performed guest roles in various television series, including Hawaii Five-O (her first TV credit), Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, and Mannix.

[MortMan]

Amazingly, her husband’s name (1983-1995) was Dennis Holahan!

[Secret Agent Man]

I know what the difference is.

Barbara Stanwick played a strong female character that was not trying to be a man. The later female characters had chips on their shoulder due to feminism and were trying to be a man, or “better” than a man.

Men want strong women in their natural female roles. Its where they excel.

[dfwgator]

Men want strong women in their natural female roles. Its where they excel.

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The late Phyllis Schlafly was a perfect example of this. She accomplished a heck of lot more in her life than the feminists who mocked her.

[jmacusa]

Sorry to hear. Ms. Swit played her character well and was a classy lady. R.I.P.

[V_TWIN]

“My dad never missed it and he served in France during the Korean War”

My dad as well....he did a tour of Korea and two in Vietnam and he watched Mash religiously and laughed his butt off....which is why in part as a kid I didn’t see the left slant.

[V_TWIN]

Agreed....Col. Flagg was arguably the best reoccurring character the show ever had.

[BiteYourSelf]

The movie was surprisingly like the book.🤔