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Biography

Jane Kaczmarek grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother was a teacher and her father a Defense Department employee. She is the oldest child…more

Born

12/21/1955, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Star (10)

Role
- Whitney
  Patti Morris
  - S 1: Ep 22 Something Black, Something Blue (Part II)
    3/28/12
  - S 1: Ep 20 G-Word
    3/14/12
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Ex Box
    3/7/12
  - S 1: Ep 18 Homeland Security
    2/29/12
  - S 1: Ep 16 48 Hours
    2/15/12
  - + 11 More Credits
- Raising the Bar
  Trudy Kessler
  - S 2: Ep 12 Beating a Dead Horse
    8/24/09
  - S 2: Ep 11 Bobbi Ba-Bing
    8/17/09
  - S 2: Ep 10 Making Up Is Hard To Do
    8/10/09
  - S 2: Ep 9 Trout Fishing
    8/3/09
  - S 2: Ep 8 Trust Me
    7/27/09
  - + 16 More Credits
- Raising the Bar
  Judge Trudy Kessler
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/1/08
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Lois Wilkerson
  - S 7: Ep 22 Graduation
    5/14/06
  - S 7: Ep 21 Morp
    4/23/06
  - S 7: Ep 20 Cattle Court
    4/16/06
  - S 7: Ep 19 Stevie in the Hospital
    4/9/06
  - S 7: Ep 17 Hal's Dentist
    3/26/06
  - + 141 More Credits
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Lois
  - S 7: Ep 18 Bomb Shelter
    4/2/06
- Malcolm in the Middle
  Lois Wikerson
  - S 7: Ep 3 Reese vs. Stevie
    10/21/05
  - S 7: Ep 2 Health Insurance
    10/7/05
  - S 7: Ep 1 Burning Man
    9/30/05
- Big Wave Dave's
  Karen Fisher
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Old Men and the Sea (a.k.a. Him)
    9/13/93
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Adventures of Ozzie and Marshall
    9/6/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Dave's Big Wave
    8/30/93
  - S 1: Ep 3 Making Up is Hard to Do
    8/23/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Six Stages of Marshall
    8/16/93
  - + 1 More Credits
- Equal Justice
  Linda Bauer
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Devil His Due
    7/3/91
  - S 2: Ep 12 What Color Are My Eyes?
    6/26/91
  - S 2: Ep 11 Opening Farewell
    6/19/91
  - S 2: Ep 10 Without Prejudice
    4/10/91
  - S 2: Ep 9 Do the Wrong Thing
    3/27/91
  - + 22 More Credits
- Hometown
  Mary Newell Abbott
  - S 1: Ep 9 Ben the Candidate
    10/15/85
  - S 1: Ep 8 Nobody's Perfect
    10/8/85
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mary's Yen
    10/1/85
  - S 1: Ep 6 Paternity
    9/24/85
  - S 1: Ep 5 Weekend in New York
    9/19/85
  - + 4 More Credits
- The Paper Chase
  Connie Lehman (1983)
  - S 2: Ep 8 Mrs. Hart
    5/22/84
  - S 2: Ep 7 Snow
    11/15/83
  - S 2: Ep 6 Plague of Locusts
    10/15/83
  - S 2: Ep 5 Commitments
    9/15/83
  - S 2: Ep 4 Cinderella
    7/15/83
  - + 3 More Credits
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Judge Constance Harm
  - S 21: Ep 18 Chief of Hearts
    4/18/10
  - S 18: Ep 15 Rome-Old and Juli-Eh
    3/11/07
  - S 16: Ep 11 On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister
    3/6/05
  - S 15: Ep 16 Wandering Juvie
    3/28/04
  - S 14: Ep 20 Brake My Wife, Please
    5/11/03
  - + 3 More Credits
- Help Me Help You
  Anne
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sasha's Birthday BBQ
    10/24/06
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pink Freud
    10/17/06
  - S 1: Ep 3 Fun Run
    10/10/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/26/06
  - S 1: Ep 11 Working Women
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 97 Jane Kaczmarek/Christopher Meloni
    1/31/06
  - S 3: Ep 41 Jane Kaczmarek/Emily Procter
    10/31/05
  - S 2: Ep 158 Simon Cowell/Jane Kaczmarek
    5/11/05
  - S 2: Ep 70 Jane Kaczmarek/Jesse Metcalfe
    12/10/04
  - S 1: Ep 106 Jane Kaczmarek/Jeff Probst.
    2/18/04
- Felicity
  Carol Anderson
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Biggest Deal There Is
    5/24/00
  - S 1: Ep 19 Happy Birthday
    4/27/99
  - S 1: Ep 15 Todd Mulcahy (2)
    2/16/99
  - S 1: Ep 14 Todd Mulcahy (1)
    2/9/99
  - S 1: Ep 13 Friends
    1/26/99
- Cybill
  Holly
  - S 3: Ep 13 Bachelor Party
    1/6/97
  - S 3: Ep 9 Going to Hell in a Limo (2)
    11/18/96
  - S 3: Ep 8 Going to Hell in a Limo (1)
    11/11/96
  - S 3: Ep 7 Sex, Drugs and Catholicism
    11/4/96
  - S 3: Ep 6 Cybill Does Diary
    10/21/96
- Hill Street Blues
  Officer Clara Tilsky
  - S 4: Ep 19 Nutcracker Suite
    3/15/84
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Count of Monty Tasco
    3/8/84
  - S 4: Ep 17 The End of Logan's Run
    3/1/84
  - S 4: Ep 16 Parting is Such Sweep Sorrow
    2/16/84
  - S 4: Ep 15 The Other Side of Oneness
    2/9/84
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (38)

Role
- The Talk
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 13 Episode 208
    9/23/11
- Wilfred
  Beth
  - S 1: Ep 7 Pride
    8/4/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 139 Jane Kaczmarek/Greg Proops
    6/4/08
  - S 2: Ep 199 Jane Kaczmarek/Esai Morales/Larke Miller
    8/17/06
  - S 2: Ep 114 Jane Kaczmarek/Tom Fontana
    3/28/06
- TV Land Confidential
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Finales
    7/18/07
- The Megan Mullally Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Jane Kaczmarek, Masi Oka , Champion cloggers
    10/2/06
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/27/06
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 159 Tom Cruise/Jane Kaczmarek *Mother's Day*
    5/12/06
- Higglytown Heroes
  Astronaut Hero
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Fran In The Moon
    4/22/06
- Campus Ladies
  Gail
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    1/8/06
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 133 Jane Kaczmarek, Jeff Probst, & Kevin Shea
    10/4/05
- The Comeback
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 11 Valerie Stands Out On The Red Carpet
    8/21/05
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 125 Jane Kaczmarek/Erik Palladino/Greg Proops
    8/2/05
- The View
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 199 Kaczmarek/Okland
    6/21/04
  - S 6: Ep 168 May 15, 2003
    5/15/03
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 1: Ep 31 2/20/04
    2/20/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 2: Ep 44 10/30/03
    10/30/03
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  herself
  - S 1: Ep 39 Cuba Gooding Jr./ Jane Kaczmarek/ R.E.M
    10/30/03
- Tracey Takes On...
  Herself
  - — Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
    8/9/03
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 119 Anthony Edwards, Jane Kaczmarek, Tom Papa
    5/14/03
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 45 5/1/03
    5/1/03
- MadTV
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 3 Episode #803
    9/28/02
- TVography
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 7 Malcolm in the Middle: A Stroke of Genius
    9/23/02
- American Idol
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 25 EL FINALE!
    9/4/02
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 163 Show #975
    5/7/01
- Party of Five
  Helene Thompson
  - S 5: Ep 15 Stand by Me
    2/3/99
  - S 2: Ep 14 Strange Bedfellows
    1/24/96
  - S 1: Ep 17 In Loco Parentis
    2/1/95
- The Practice
  Attorney Pamela Bourge
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part IV
    3/25/97
- The Practice
  Pamela Bourge
  - S 1: Ep 3 Trial And Error
    3/18/97
- Frasier
  Maureen Cutler
  - S 4: Ep 9 Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine
    1/7/97
  - S 3: Ep 20 Police Story
    4/23/96
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Guest Star
  - S 24: Ep 4 Educating Mom
    3/14/96
- Touched By an Angel
  Bonnie Bell
  - S 2: Ep 17 Out of the Darkness
    2/17/96
- Picket Fences
  Janice Neiman
  - S 3: Ep 16 Heroes and Villains
    3/3/95
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Mary Reed
  - S 23: Ep 1 Boys Will Be Boys
    9/15/94
- L.A. Law
  Ms. Gershonwood
  - S 8: Ep 16 Whose San Andreas Fault Is it, Anyway?
    3/24/94
- Law & Order
  Janet Rudman
  - S 4: Ep 14 Censure
    2/2/94
- Crazy Like A Fox
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    12/30/84
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
  Penny/Princess Salana Sharese Khan
  - S 1: Ep 6 Always Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
    11/7/83
- Remington Steele
  Barbara Troy Dannon
  - S 2: Ep 4 Altared Steele
    10/11/83
- St. Elsewhere
  Sandy Burns
  - S 1: Ep 13 Family History
    2/8/83
  - S 1: Ep 12 Release
    2/1/83
  - S 1: Ep 11 Graveyard
    1/18/83
- Monty
  Nickerson
  - S 1: Ep 7 Wild, Wild Willy And His O.K. Corral, Or There Goes The G.L.A.A.D. Award

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What to Watch Tonight: American Horror Story, Survivor, and Psych

By Price Peterson, Dec 14, 2011

Plus: Barbara Walters Presents the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011, a round-up of the year's funniest TV commercials, and the Real World San Diego season finale. read more
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Warehouse 13 Renewed for Season 4

By Tim Surette, Aug 12, 2011

Plus: In Plain Sight gets a final season, The Munsters will rise again, and Roseanne is planning a return to the sitcom world. read more

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- Jane played Julie's mom on Felicity, which she claims is one of her favorite shows. She is also a big fan of the show's star Keri Russell.
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- During the fourth season of Malcolm In The Middle, Jane was forced to miss several episodes because of severe migraine headaches. However, several people claimed she was just trying to get a pay raise. Her rep, however claimed it was all untrue.
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- Jane's series Malcolm In The Middle lasted seven years and ended on May 14, 2006. Her husband's show, The West Wing, also lasted for seven years, and ended the exact same night, during the same time slot.
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- Jane: Bradley works a lot harder than I do. Every week he has to memorize all those great lines. I just come to the set and yell at the kids and hang around the snack table. It's very relaxing.
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- Jane: Until I was finished with sixth grade, we grew up in a house in Milwaukee, with four kids and my mom and my dad. We had one bathroom, which is what the family in Malcolm has, which [we] never thought was odd. There was a toilet in the basement. You learned to really function very cooperatively with one toilet, and it just seemed like the most normal thing in the world. I love that that is the case on Malcolm, because I think a lot of people grew up that way.There's a certain familiarity about that.
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- Jane: I love watching [on TV] with a girlfriend and a glass of wine, cutting everybody down. Award shows are fun on TV. Being there, I have to tell you they are very, very long.
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