Marcia Jean Kurtz

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, and Big Fan, appearing as Miriam Douglas in Dog Day Afternoon and Inside Man. 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.^[1]

Marcia Jean Kurtz
Born	February 11, 1942 The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (1964)
Occupation(s)	Actress, director
Years active	1968–present

She has appeared several times on the television series Law & Order.

Kurtz is a 1964 graduate of the Juilliard School, where she earned a B.S. degree in dance.^[2]

Acting career

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	The Panic in Needle Park	Marcie
	Cry Uncle!	Russian Girl
	Born to Win	Marlene
	Believe in Me	Emergency Room Nurse
1972	The Stoolie	Sheila Morrison
1974	Death Wish	Receptionist
1975	Dog Day Afternoon	Miriam Douglas
1976	Pleasantville	Jo
1977	Nomadic Lives	Gretchen
1983	Cold Feet	Psychiatrist
1984	Once Upon a Time in America	Max's Mother
1988	Running on Empty	School clerk
1997	Night Falls on Manhattan	Eileen
1998	Meschugge	Rita Teichmann
	One True Thing	Marcia
2000	Center Stage	Emily's mother
	Requiem for a Dream	Rae
	The Day the Ponies Come Back	Thelma
2002	The Book of Danny	Fritzi
2004	From Other Worlds	Brian's Mom
2005	In Her Shoes	Mrs. Stein
2006	Find Me Guilty	Sara Stiles
	Inside Man	Miriam Douglas
2007	Arranged	Principal Jacoby
	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	Hospital Receptionist
2008	The Marconi Bros.	Annette Marconi
	The Wrestler	Admissions Desk Woman
	Miracle at St. Anna	Post Office Customer
2009	Big Fan	Theresa Aufiero
2010	Black Swan	Costumer Georgina
2011	Tower Heist	Rose
2013	Ass Backwards	Barb
2017	Mother!	Thief
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Italian Grocer
2023	Ex-Husbands	Eunice Pearce

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	N.Y.P.D.	Marcie
1973	Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside	Renee Isaacs
1977	The Four of Us		unsold pilot
1984	Concealed Enemies	Esther Chambers
1990	Law & Order	Mrs. Halsey/Carla Lowenstein	reprised C.L. role in 2004
1998	Sex and the City	Noanie Stein
2000	100 Centre Street
2008	Recount	Carol Roberts
2014	Blue Bloods	Marion Davis

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	The Chinese and Dr. Fish	Pu Ping Chow
1986	Execution of Justice	Barbara Taylor, Carol Ruth Silver, and Dr. Solomon
1989	The Loman Family Picnic	Doris	Obie Award
1990	When She Danced	Miss Belzer	Obie Award Nomination, Drama Desk Award Nomination
2000	Taller Than a Dwarf	Mrs. Shaw
2001	Everett Beekin	Ma
2006	The People Next Door	Mrs. Mac