Kurtz has been performing on the stage and screen for three decades.

Omaha-born Kurtz moved to LA to study theater at USC and then headed off to Europe to take classes at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Returning to the U.S. in the late '60s, she started out on the regional theater circuit before transitioning to TV in 1971 on As the World Turns. Kurtz appeared in off-Broadway shows throughout the '70s and drew critical attention in 1977 for her role as a sex-obsessed writer in Wendy Wasserstein's, Uncommon Women and Others.

Kurtz's New York stage reputation was cemented a few years later when she won Broadway's version of the Triple Crown-a Tony, an Obie, and Drama Desk award-for 1980's The Fifth of July, making her the first woman ever to pull off the feat. Throughout the '80s, Kurtz was an omnipresent film and TV actress, starring in flicks like The World According to Garp, Wildcats, and Dangerous Liasons. She also starred in stage productions like The House of Blue Leaves and Love Letters. In the early '90s, Kurtz branched out with her role on the soap opera-esque TV series Sisters, which ran until 1996. She took to the smaller parts in the likes of Reality Bites, Liar Liar, and the glorious Cruel Intentions. Over the past several years, Kurtz has continued to pop up in a variety of media, with appearances in movies like The Rules of Attraction and Duplex and TV shows like Huff, Lost, Pushing Daisies, and Mike & Molly. She's also kept up her work on stage, earning herself a Tony nomination for 2004's Frozen.

Kurtz has been linked to Brent Spiner and Christopher Walken, but has never married. [Image via Getty]