Jane Curtin

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Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian.

She is sometimes referred to as "Queen of the Deadpan"; the Philadelphia Inquirer once described her as a "refreshing drop of acid." She was included on a list of the "Top Prime Time Actors and Actresses of All Time" in 1986. "She first came to fame as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s sitcom Kevin & Allie portraying Allison "Allie" Lowell's role.

Curtin appeared in the hit film 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), portraying Dr. Jeremy's role.

Mary Albright, a former resident of the United Kingdom. Curtin has appeared in many film roles, including Charlene in the Librarian series of movies (2004–2008).

In the 1993 film Coneheads, she reprised one of her Saturday Night Live characters, Prymaat (Clorhone) Conehead.

Early life

Jane Therese Curtin was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second of three children born to Mary Constance (née Farrell) and John Joseph Curtin, who owned an insurance company. Her maternal ancestry is Irish, while the paternal, Curtin, is Irish, and she hails from Newmarket-on-Fertin, County Clare. Curtin has one younger brother, Larry Curtin, who lives in South Florida, and an older brother, John J. (d. 2008) "Jack" Curtin. Curtin is a cousin of actress and writer Valerie Curtin. Joseph Curtin, the radio host, was her uncle.

She was raised Roman Catholic and grew up in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In 1965, she graduated from Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Newton. Curtin received an associate degree from Elizabeth Seton Junior College in New York City, class of 1967. She then attended Northeastern University from 1967 to 1968, before moving outside of college to pursue a career in comedy.

Personal life

She married television producer Patrick Lynch on April 2, 1975; they have one daughter, Tess Curtin Lynch, who was born in 1983. They live in Sharon, Connecticut.

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Career

She has served as the United States Committee National Ambassador for UNICEF. Curtin left college to pursue comedy as a career in 1968 and dropped out of college. She joined The Prosecutors, a comedy troupe, and appeared with them until 1972. In 1974, she appeared in Pretzels, an off-Broadway script written by Curtin, John Forster, Judith Kahan, and Fred Grandy.

Curtin, one of the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players of NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975), remained on the show from 1979-1980. Curtin was "very much a "Let's come in, let's know our lines, let's do it properly, and go." Many of the actors disliked the drug culture. Al Franken, a show writer, said she was "so steady." Had a really strong moral center, but many of the show and the people around it were disgusted by it."

She appeared on the show, often as a foil to John Belushi and Gilda Radner, as well as reenacting her own low-key real life. Curtin hosted SNL's "Weekend Update" segment from 1976 to 1977, alongside Dan Aykroyd, 1978 to 1980, and Bill Murray from 1978 to 1980. Her newscaster character often appeared on "Weekend Update" segments as a foil to John Belushi, who often delivered a rambling and out-of-control "commentary" on events of the day. She barely managed to convince Belushi to come to the point, but that would only make him angrier. Chico Escuela, a heavily accented Dominican who began his sketches by saying, "Thanks, Hane," the Curtin's newscaster began, "Beery good to me." Roseanne Roseannadanna (Gilda Radner) was also introduced, and she'd sit in a sarcastic silence at Roseannadanna's disjointed commentary until she was eventually cut off. In addition,, she appeared in the "Chevy's Girls" sketch in season two, episode two, alongside Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner.

Curtin's "Point-Counterpoint" segment of the news program 60 Minutes was a parody of the right-wing viewpoint, although with an overt "attack" journalist slant. Curtin first introduced the liberal "Point" segment. "Counterpoint" was then Aykroyd's talk, beginning with the phrase, "You ignorant slut," she replied, "Dan, you pompous ass." In an article titled "How to Respectfully Disagree" in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the recurring segment has been discussed.

Curtin is also known for her appearance in the Conehead sketches as Prymaat (wife/mother of the Conehead family) and Enid Loopner (in sketches with Gilda Radner and Bill Murray). She is one of many cast members of SNL's retrospective compilation DVD The Women of SNL (2010, 97 minutes).

Curtin stayed mainly in television, with a few sporadic film appearances in contrast to many of her fellow SNL cast members who went on film. She has appeared in two long-running television sitcoms to date. With Susan Saint James, she appeared in Kate & Allie (1984–89), and twice received the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Curtin, Kate & Allie, co-starred on the 1990 sitcom Working It Out with Stephen Collins. Bill Persky, a writer, director, and producer of Kate & Allie, was the series's first attempt, but it was not well-received and was cancelled after 13 episodes. Dr. Mary Albright, a human, appeared in 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), opposite the alien family of John Lithgow, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Her predominantly strait-laced appearance was often enthralled by the Solomon family's zany and whimsical antics.

Curtin narrated two episodes of the documentary television series Understanding in 1997, and she has done voice work for Recess and Cyberchase. In 1985, she appeared on Sesame Street as a guest.

Curtin appeared alongside Fred Savage in the ABC sitcom Crumbs, which premiered in January 2006 and was cancelled in May of that year. Allison's mother Connie appears on Gary Unmarried as Connie, Allison's mother. Joanne Webster, a brilliant but crusty medical examiner, joined Unfortetable in 2012; in 2014, she reprised her role as the first Guardian on The Librarians. On ABC's United We Fall, she appeared as a tumultuous mother-in-law.

Curtin appeared in the moderately titled How to Avoid the High Cost of Living in 1980. Curtin and Dan Aykroyd were reunited in Coneheads, a full-length motion picture based on their popular SNL characters, with Curtin and Dan Aykroyd based on their popular SNL characters. In the film Antz, they also appeared together as the voices of a pair of wasps. In 2009, she played Paul Rudd and Andy Samberg's mother in I Love You, Man. Mrs. Mullins, the mother of Detective Mullins, appeared on The Heat in 2013. In Disney's Godmothered, Curtin played Moira, the Headmistress of the Motherland.

Curtin has appeared on Broadway before. Miss Proserpine Garnett was first seen on the Great White Way in 1981 as Miss Proserpine Garnett in the play Candidate. She went on to appear in two other plays, Love Letters and Noises Off, and was in the 2002 revival of Our Town, which attracted a lot of press interest as Paul Newman returned to the Broadway stage after many decades.

She has also narrated several audio books, including Carl Hiaasen's book Nature Girl.

Curtin came in second in the Jeopardy on May 7, 2010. The Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational has earned $250,000 for the United States Fund for UNICEF. Michael McKean won the tournament, while Cheech Marin came in third.

Emmy Awards were presented in 1984, 1987, and 1998, as the 11th Annual American Comedy Awards in 1997; and the 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards in 1997.

Curtin has appeared on several episodes of Selected Shorts, which have been released by Symphony Space and exhibited by Public Radio International.

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