Valerie Curtin Biography (1945?-)
Born March 31, c. 1945, in New York, NY; daughter of Joseph Curtin (a radio actor); cousin of Jane Curtin (an actress and comedienne); married Barry Levinson (a director and writer), December, 1977 (some sources cite 1975; divorced, 1982); remarried.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress, producer, writer, series creator
- Birth Details
- March 31, 1945?
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Appearances
- Vera, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros., 1975
- Intensive care nurse, Silent Movie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Miss Milland, All the President's Men, Warner Bros., 1976
- Naomi "Peaches" Fishbine, Mother, Jugs & Speed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Plain Jane, Silver Streak, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Mary Agnes, The Great Smokey Roadblock (also known as The Lastof the Cowboys), Dimension Films, 1978
- Phyllis, A Different Story, Avco-Embassy, 1978
- Mrs. Bok, Why Would I Lie?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1980
- Miss Sheffer, Maxie (also known as Free Spirit), Orion, 1985
- Arlene Hoffman, Big Trouble, Columbia, 1986
- Pearl Waxman, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Buena Vista, 1986
- Also appeared in Elegant John and the Ladies.
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Regular performer, The Jim Stafford Show, ABC, 1975
- Judy Bernly, 9 to 5 (also known as Nine to Five), ABC, 1982-1983 then syndicated, 1986-1988
- Movies
- Miss Goldfarb, The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened, CBS, 1977
- Kitty, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story, NBC, 1978
- Chief warden Stelina Shell, Brave New World, NBC, 1980
- Muriel, A Christmas without Snow, CBS, 1980
- Episodic
- Poet, "Great Expectations," Happy Days (also known as Happy Days Again), ABC, 1974
- "Dennis' New Love," The New Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS, 1974
- Gloria Clooney, "Fear of Flying," Barney Miller, ABC, 1976
- "Fear of Flying," The Bob Newhart Show, CBS, 1976
- "Sweathogs vs. Phi Beta Kappa," Welcome Back Kotter, ABC, 1976
- Gopi, Hestor, Jane Patten, and Sky Aquarian, "Quickie Nirvana," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1977
- Michelle Joyce, "Somebody Has to Say They're Sorry," Rhoda, CBS, 1977
- Ms. Wright, "Hello, Ms. Chips," Welcome Back Kotter, ABC, 1977
- "Off to Jail," Rhoda, CBS, 1977
- Mrs. Warren, "Give Him the Chair!" Frasier, NBC, 1994
- Helen Underhill, "Coffin to Go," Stark Raving Mad, NBC, 1999
- Mrs. Russell, "Saving Harvey Cohen," Becker, CBS, 1999
- "Whatever Works," Party of Five, Fox, 1999
- Judge Audrey Lasher, "How They Lived," The District, CBS, 2000
- Judge Audrey Lasher, "The Real Terrorist," The District, CBS, 2000
- Judge Audrey Lasher, "Surveillance," The District, CBS, 2000
- Ms. Picklesbee, "Finch in the Dogg House," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 2001
- Pilots
- Sandy Lambert, The Primary English Class, ABC, 1977
- Nurse Bob (unaired), NBC, 1988
- Television Work
- Series; Creator; with Others
- Square Pegs, CBS, 1982-1983
- Series; Producer
- Good & Evil, ABC, 1991
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- with Barry Levinson
- ... And Justice for All, Columbia, 1979
- Inside Moves (adapted from the novel by Todd Walton), Associated,1980
- Best Friends, Warner Bros., 1982
- (And with Robert Klane) Unfaithfully Yours (adapted from the 1948Preston Sturges film of the same title), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
- Toys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
- Teleplays
- Movies
- "Dusk before Fireworks," Women & Men: Stories of Seduction, HBO, 1990
- Episodic
- "Mary's Delinquent," The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, 1975
- Phyllis, CBS, episodes from 1975 to 1977
- Stage Appearances
- Edna Klein, Children of a Lesser God, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1979
- Appeared in productions with the New Theatre for Now, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1983.