Jane Kaczmarek

Age: 54
Height: 5' 6 1/2"

Birth Place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Born: Dec. 21st, 1955

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Jane Kaczmarek's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Malcolm in the Middle	Lois
Raising the Bar	Judge Kessler
Help Me Help You	Anne
Equal Justice	Linda Bauer
Big Wave Dave's	Karen Fisher
Hometown	Mary Newell…
I'll Take Manhattan	Nina Stern

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jane grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother, Evelyn, was a school teacher. Her father, Edward, is a former Defense Department employee. She is the oldest of four children. Her brothers, Jim & Bill, are a teacher and an entrepreneur respectively. Her sister, Mary, works for an Internet company. Jane was a theater major at the University of Wisconsin. While there, she became buddies with Tony Shalhoub, who encouraged her to shoot for stardom. She followed Tony in enrolling at Yale University & performed in the Yale Repertory Company. She had several film and theatrical successes, including good notices for her replacement of Mercedes Ruehl in Neil Simon (I)'s Broadway play, "Lost In Yonkers". Jane's roommate at Yale was Kate Burton (I), Richard Burton (I)'s daughter. Kate arranged a blind date between Jane and Bradley Whitford. In 1992, after two years of dating, the two married. In 1998, they had first child, Frances, and in December 1999, a son, George Edward was born.

TRIVIA:

Daughter-in-law of 'Genevieve Smith Whitford' (qv).
Studied to be a teacher at the University of Wisconsin.
Founded the charity "Clothes off our Back" (http://www.clothesoffourback.org) with her husband, 'Bradley Whitford' (qv), in 2002. "Clothes off our Back" runs on-line auctions after major awards shows where celebrities' gowns, tuxedos, and other articles of clothing, are auctioned off. The proceeds go to children's charities such as Cure Autism Now (http://www.cureautismnow.org) and The Children's Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org/).
Actor 'Daniel von Bargen' (qv) has coincidentally appeared with husband and wife actors Jane Kaczmarek and 'Bradley Whitford' (qv) in four different projects. Along with Kaczmarek, he appeared in _"Malcolm in the Middle" (2000)_ (qv). With Whitford, he was in _RoboCop 3 (1993)_ (qv), _Philadelphia (1993)_ (qv) and _"The West Wing" (1999)_ (qv).
Her family is Polish.
She and her husband 'Bradley Whitford' (qv) have three children: 'Frances Whitford' (qv) was born in January 1997; 'George Whitford' (qv) was born on December 23, 1999 and 'Mary Louisa Whitford' (qv) was born on November 25, 2002.
Studied at Yale University School of Drama, where she was a classmate of 'Kate Burton (I)' (qv).
It was revealed during a segment featuring her husband, 'Bradley Whitford' (qv), on the _"The Megan Mullally Show" (2006)_ (qv) that if she had only one food to eat for the rest of her life, it would be Polish sausage. (October 16, 2006).