Starting in 1972, Swit played the character of
Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the television series
M*A*S*H. She inherited the star-making role from Sally
Kellerman, who portrayed the character in the feature film.
Swit, Alan Alda, Jamie Farr and William Christopher stayed for
all 11 seasons of the show, from 1972 to 1983. She and Alan
Alda were the only two actors to have been on the Pilot
episode and the finale. She did not appear in 11 out the total
of 251 episodes. Swit received two Emmy Awards for her work on
M*A*S*H. Later, Swit was also the first M*A*S*H star to visit
South Korea when she narrated the documentary Korea, the
Forgotten War.
She is believed to be the inspiration for Jim Henson's creation of
the Muppet character "Miss Piggy".
Swit received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989.
Located along an unpaved well marked walking trail,
the cache could be a familiar site around the M.A.S.H. grounds
and is slightly smaller than what Klinger is sitting on.
UPDATE 03/29/08: Replaced with a camoed beach tube, so it's now
a lot smaller than what Klinger is sitting on.
Coordinates were determined with a WAAS
enabled Garmin eTrex Legend Cx and a Gramin eTrex Vista averaged
over a 5 minute span to an accuracy of 5.7'.