Loretta Swit Autographs
Loretta Swit (born Loretta Jane Szwed; November 4, 1937 – May 30, 2025) was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982.
Loretta Jane Szwed was born on November 4, 1937, in Passaic, New Jersey, to Nellie (née Kassack) and Lester Szwed, both of Polish descent. Her father was a salesman and upholsterer. Swit's brother, Robert, was six years and one day her senior. As a child, Swit was a member of a Girl Scout troop sponsored by the Holy Rosary R.C. Church of Passaic.
She graduated from Pope Pius XII High School in Passaic in 1955, where she had been a cheerleader, had taken part in theatrical productions, and was co-captain of the girls' basketball team. She graduated from Katharine Gibbs School in Montclair, New Jersey, in June 1957, then was employed at a variety of clerical jobs, including as a stenographer in Bloomfield, New Jersey; personal secretary to Elsa Maxwell; secretary to the ambassador from Ghana to the United Nations; and at the American Rocket Society in New York City while being trained to dance by a classmate, Elizabeth Parent-Barber, a Rockette and student at the New York School of Ballet. During this time, she began developing her acting career.
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Current items with a signature of Loretta Swit
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Traded items with a signature of Loretta Swit
The most expensive item with a signature of Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H MASH SIGNED FRAMED DISPLAY X12 ALAN ALDA LORETTA SWIT DAVID OGDEN STIERS) was sold in January 2023 for $2,799.99 while the cheapest item (Loretta Swit signed sports card M*A*S*H Hot Lips Margaret Houlihan) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2024. The month with the most items sold (28) was June 2025 with an average selling price of $102.45 for an autographed item of Loretta Swit. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2024 with $1,262.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.58 was May 2018. In average, an autographed item from Loretta Swit is worth $29.99.
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