Loretta Swit's Net Worth: How Much Money the 'M*A*S*H' Alum Had - Hollywood Life
Below, learn more about Swit’s career, legacy, net worth and death.
Swit was best remembered for portraying Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in M*A*S*H in all 11 seasons. She also appeared in a slew of film projects, including Stand Up and Be Counted, Policewomen, Race with the Devil and Forest Warrior. As for television gigs, Swit appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Love Boat and Hollywood Squares.
Swit was suspected to have died from natural causes, but a report from the coroner’s office has yet to be completed, according to NBC News.
While M*A*S*H likely contributed to her fortune, Swit appeared in countless film and television roles throughout her decades-long career. By the time she died, Swit had a net worth of $4 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Swit was married to her ex-husband, from 1983 to 1995. Holahan appeared in an episode of M*A*S*H opposite Swit. After their marriage ended, Swit made it clear that she was “not interested in being married” during a 1979 interview with People.
“I have a career and friends and things I care about doing,” Swit said. “I don’t want a lot of other demands. And, thanks to [M*A*S*H co-star] [], who has deep insight about women, I don’t feel guilty anymore about not wanting a family. My parents and friends are my family.”
Swit also pointed out that “sexist put-downs” happened to a lot of women, including her Stand Up and Be Counted co-star
“I realized that sexist put-downs happened even to beautiful, wonderful people like Jackie, when one poisonous columnist wrote that she wished Jackie would get a wedding ring from for Christmas,” Swit said. “Jackie was humiliated. It was so stupid because she just didn’t want to get married. A few months ago I ran into sort of the same thing. I was dating a man in New York [stockbroker Dick Farwell] and people were constantly asking if we were going to get married — as if it were my last chance and I was dying to do it. Unfortunately, he told someone he thought it was inevitable.”
No, Swit did not have children of her own.
