Jane Curtin
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Biography
Projecting a deceptively straight-laced, girl-next-door appeal, comedienne Jane Curtin participated in some of television comedy's edgiest moments in a laudable career that spanned more than three decades. For the latter half of the indulgent 1970s, she was a founding cast member and integral part of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ), a show which would redefine television comedy. In the conservative 1980s, she represented a new breed of independent woman on the Emmy-winning sitcom "Kate & Allie" (CBS, 1984-89). The dependably relevant Curtin also made her television mark on the 1990s when she lent her trademark genius to the offbeat sitcom "Third Rock from the Sun" (NBC, 1996-2001). Alternating between artistically appealing projects and work-for-hire jobs, she returned to Broadway as an ensemble member of "Our Town," featuring Paul Newman in 2002, then signed on for a small guest spot on the successful TV-adventure franchise which began with "The Librarian: The Quest for the Spear" (TNT, 2004). Curtin's solid contributions to some of television's most memorable comic moments could not be denied.
Filmography
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Life Events
1968
Joined "The Proposition" comedy group
1975
Made TV debut as regular cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live"; was one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players
1980
Cast in film acting debut in "How to Beat the High Cost of Living," which teamed her with Susan Saint James years before their "Kate & Allie" pairing; cast also included later co-star Dabney Coleman in a rare romantic lead
1981
Made Broadway debut as Prossie in George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" with Joanne Woodward
1982
Made TV-movie debut in "Divorce Wars: A Love Story" (ABC)
1983
Reprised role of Prossie in the Entertainment Channel's production of "Candida"
1984
Played Allie Lowell on the popular CBS sitcom "Kate & Allie"
1988
Starred as Linda McLaidlaw in "American Playhouse" presentation of "Suspicion," a remake of the 1941 Hitchcock film
1988
Acted opposite Dabney Coleman in NBC movie "Maybe Baby"
1989
Played Melissa Gardner in A R Gurney's "Love Letters" at NYC's Promenade theatre
1990
Returned to series TV as star of NBC's short-lived "Working It Out"
1990
Starred as Alice McGoff in "Common Ground," a CBS miniseries (directed by Mike Newell) about the desegregation of Boston schools in the early 1970s
1993
Recreated her SNL "Conehead" character for the feature film "Coneheads"
1995
Portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in "Tad," a Family Channel TV-movie
1996
Returned to series TV as co-star of "3rd Rock from the Sun" (NBC)
2002
Appeared in the Westport Country Playhouse summer production of "Our Town"
2004
Cast as the doleful library employee Charlene in the TNT TV-movie "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," starring Noah Wyle
2005
Co-starred with Danny Aiello in director Kevin Jordan's family-inspired drama "Brooklyn Lobster"
2006
Cast as the wacky matriarch of a disjointed family in ABC's "Crumbs"
2006
Reprised the role of Charlene in TNT's "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines"
2008
Made her third appearance as the librarian Charlene in TNT production of "The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice"
2009
Played a supporting role in the comedy "I Love You, Man"
2011
Acted opposite Sarah Jessica Parker in "I Don't Know How She Does It"
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