
Marcia Jean 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.
Filmography
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The Waddles
2026
as Grande Dame

Ex-Husbands
2024
as Eunice Pearce

Armageddon Time
2022
as Guide

The Good Nurse
2022
as Jackie

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Italian Grocer

mother!
2017
as Thief

Ass Backwards
2013
as Barb

Downtown Express
2012
as Woman on Subway Platform

Tower Heist
2011
as Rose

Black Swan
2010
as Costumer Georgina

Big Fan
2009
as Paul's Mom

The Wrestler
2008
as Admissions Desk Woman

Miracle at St. Anna
2008
as Post Office Customer

Recount
2008
as Carol Roberts

The Marconi Bros
2008
as Mrs. Marconi

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007
as Hotel Receptionist

Arranged
2007
as Principal Jacoby

Inside Man
2006
as Miriam Douglas

Find Me Guilty
2006
as Sara Stiles

In Her Shoes
2005
as Mrs. Stein

From Other Worlds
2004
as Brian's Mom

The Day the Ponies Come Back
2001
as Thelma

Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Rae

Center Stage
2000
as Emily's Mother