The Hooker — The World According to Garp Character Profile

About The Hooker

A prostitute interviewed by Jenny Fields, who clinically offers to hire her for her son Garp to explore his sexual curiosity. Appears briefly in Jenny's observational routine regarding human sexuality.

Character Facts

Played by

Swoosie Kurtz

Appears in

The World According to Garp (1982)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The World According to Garp

• T.S. Garp (Robin Williams)
• Helen Holm (Mary Beth Hurt)
• Jenny Fields (Glenn Close)
• Mrs. Fields (Jessica Tandy)
• Mr. Fields (Hume Cronyn)
• Roberta Muldoon (John Lithgow)
• Referee (John Irving)
• John Wolfe (Peter Michael Goetz)
• Pooh (Brenda Currin)
• Cushie (Jenny Wright)
• Rachel (Katherine Borowitz)
• Ellen James (Amanda Plummer)