Jane Curtin Biography (1947-)

Full name, Jane Therese Curtin; born September 6, 1947, in Cambridge, MA; daughter of John Joseph (an owner of an insurance agency) and Mary Constance (maiden name, Farrell) Curtin; cousin of Valerie Curtin (a writer and actress);married Patrick F. Lynch (a producer), April, 1975; children: Tess. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, writer
Birth Details: September 6, 1947; Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Member of Not Ready for Prime Time Players, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, SaturdayNight Live 80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1975-1980
Allison "Allie" Lowell, Kate & Allie, CBS, 1984-1989
Sarah Marshall, Working It Out (also known as The Jane Curtin Show), NBC, 1990
Dr. Mary Margaret Albright, 3rd Rock from the Sun (also known as Life As We Know It and 3rd Rock), NBC, 1996-2001
Movies
Vickey Sturgess, Divorce Wars: A Love Story (also known as Divorce Wars), ABC, 1982
Julia Gilbert, Maybe Baby (also known as Sooner or Later),NBC, 1988
Alice McGoff, Common Ground, CBS, 1990
Mary Todd Lincoln, Tad, syndicated, 1995
Fran Kavner, Catch a Falling Star, CBS, 2000
Mrs. Myrtle Webb, "Our Town," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 2003
Specials
Things We Did Last Summer, NBC, 1978
NBC team member, Battle of the Network Stars IV, ABC, 1978
NBC team member, Battle of the Network Stars VI, ABC, 1979
Bob and Ray and Jane, Laraine, and Gilda, NBC, 1981
The Robert Klein Show, NBC, 1981
Proserpine "Prossie" Garnett, Candida (also known as Broadway on Showtime: Candida), E! Entertainment Television, 1984
Laura, Bedrooms, HBO, 1984
Life's Most Embarrassing Moments, ABC, 1985
The Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration, CBS, 1986
Evil Queen, Disney's Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (also known as Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), NBC, 1987
Sesame Street Special (also known as Put Down the Duckie),PBS, 1988
Linda McLaidlaw, "Suspicion," American Playhouse, PBS, 1988
Host, Jackie Gleason: The Great One (also known as How Sweet ItIs: A Wake for Jackie Gleason), CBS, 1988
Saturday Night Live 15th Anniversary, NBC, 1989
That's What Friends Are For, CBS, 1990
Penn & Teller: Don't Try This at Home! (also known as Don'tTry This at Home!, Penn & Teller's New York Sting, and Penn & Teller's Radio City Sting), NBC, 1990
Life of Python (also known as Life of Python: Monty Python 20thAnniversary Omnibus), Showtime, 1990
"Just for Laughs: The Montreal International Comedy Festival" (also knownas "Just for Laughs IV" and "Juste pour rire IV"), Showtime Comedy Spotlight, Showtime, 1991
A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan (also known as Los Angeles and Chicago Salute Michael Jordan), NBC, 1991
Host, Retaining Laughter, Lifetime, 1991
The Creative Spirit, PBS, 1992

Baseball Relief: An All-Star Comedy Salute, Fox, 1993
Narrator, Understanding, 1994
Lifetime Applauds: The Fight against Breast Cancer, Lifetime, 1995
Christmas in Washington, NBC, 1996
Interviewee, Gilda Radner: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1997
(In archive footage) SNL Remembers John Belushi, NBC, 2002
On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize, PBS, 2002
Episodic
Regina Parker, "Romance Roulette," The Love Boat, ABC, 1977
"The Class Hustler," What Really Happened to the Class of '65?, NBC, 1977
Narrator, "Duncan and Dolores," Reading Rainbow, 1988
"Broken Windows," Tattinger's, NBC, 1989
Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, 1989, 1990
Anne, "Lost Weekend," Dave's World, 1994
Voice of Mrs. Clemperer, "Wild Child," Recess (animated; also known as Disney's Recess), ABC, 1998
Voice of Hippolyte, "Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte," Hercules (animated; also known as Disney's Hercules), ABC and syndicated, 1998
(In archive footage) "Saturday Night Live," TV Tales, E! Entertainment Television, 2002
Guest, The View, 2002
Voice of Lady Ada Byron Lovelace, "Hugs and Witches," Cyberchase,PBS, 2003
Also appeared in The Comedy Zone.
Pilots
Voice of Prymaat Conehead, The Coneheads, NBC, 1983
Susan Baker, Mystery Dance, ABC, 1995
Awards Presentations
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 1985
The 41st Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1989
Presenter, The 11th Annual American Comedy Awards, ABC, 1997
Presenter, The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1997
Presenter, The 50th Emmy Awards, ABC, 1998
Film Appearances
Herself, Mr. Mike's Mondo Video, New Line Cinema, 1979
Elaine, How to Beat the High Co$t of Living, Filmways, 1980
Elinore Schwab, O. C. and Stiggs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Prymaat Conehead/Mary Margaret DeCicco, Coneheads, Paramount, 1993
Voice of Muffy, Antz (animated), Dreamworks, 1998
Stage Appearances
Pretzels (revue), Theatre Four, New York City, 1974-1975
Miss Proserpine "Prossy" Garnet, Candida, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1981
Melissa Gardner, Love Letters, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 1989
Dotty Otley, Noises Off, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2002
Mrs. Myrtle Webb, Our Town, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport,CT, 2002, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 2002-2003
Major Tours
Toured in The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, U.S. cities.
RECORDINGS
Videos
The Best of John Belushi, Warner Home Video, 1985
The Best of Dan Aykroyd, Warner Home Video, 1986
The Best of Gilda Radner, Warner Home Video, 1989
Saturday Night Live Christmas, Trimark Video, 1999
WRITINGS
Stage
(Contributor) Pretzels (revue), Theatre Four, New York City, 1974-1975

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Parade, March 25, 1990; March 10, 1996
People Weekly, June 26, 2000, p. 81

Other

It's Always Something: The Gilda Radner Story (television special), 2002

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