Career Jane_Curtin

1 career

1.1 saturday night live
1.2 later television work
1.3 film
1.4 other work

career

curtin holds associate degree elizabeth seton junior college in new york city, class of 1967. attended northeastern university 1967 1968.

she has served u.s. committee national ambassador unicef. in 1968, curtin decided pursue comedy career , dropped out of college. joined comedy group, proposition , , performed them until 1972. starred in pretzels, off-broadway play written curtin, john forster, judith kahan , fred grandy, in 1974.

saturday night live

one of original not ready prime time players nbc s saturday night live (1975), curtin remained on show through 1979–1980 season. guest host eric idle said curtin let s come in, let s know our lines, let s properly, , go ... sensible, focused , , disliked drug culture many of cast participated in. show writer al franken stated steady. had strong moral center, , such disgusted of show , people around .

on show, , mirroring own low-key real life, played straight-woman characters, foil john belushi , gilda radner. curtin anchored snl s weekend update segment 1976 1977, , paired dan aykroyd 1977 1978 , bill murray 1978 1980. on occasional weekend update segments, newscaster character served foil john belushi, gave rambling , out-of-control commentary on events of day. during these sketches, timidly tried belushi come point, make him angrier. curtin s newscaster introduced baseball expert chico escuela (garrett morris), heavily accented dominican, started sketches saying, thank you, hane , before repeating famous catchphrase, baseball been bery, bery me! sang in chevy s girls sketch in season 2, episode 2, alongside laraine newman , gilda radner.

in parody of point-counterpoint segment of news program 60 minutes, curtin delivered controlled liberal viewpoint (à la shana alexander) vs. dan aykroyd, (in manner of james j. kilpatrick) epitomized right wing view, albeit over-the-top attack journalist slant. curtin presented liberal point portion first. aykroyd presented counterpoint portion, beginning statement, jane, ignorant slut, replied, dan, pompous ass. recurring segment has been discussed in article on how respectfully disagree in chronicle of higher education.

curtin known role in conehead sketches prymaat (wife/mother of conehead family), , enid loopner (in sketches gilda radner , bill murray). 1 of many cast members appear in retrospective compilation dvd women of snl (2010, 97 minutes).

later television work

unlike many of fellow snl cast members ventured film, curtin chose stay in television. film appearances have been sporadic. date, has starred in 2 long-running television sitcoms. first, in kate & allie (1984–89), susan saint james, played single mother named allie lowell , twice won emmy award best lead actress in comedy series.

she later joined cast of 3rd rock sun (1996–2001) playing human, dr. mary albright, opposite alien family, composed of john lithgow, kristen johnston, french stewart, , joseph gordon-levitt. snl, strait-laced character confounded zany , whimsical antics of solomon family.

in 1997, curtin narrated 2 episodes of documentary television series understanding.

curtin starred fred savage in abc sitcom crumbs, debuted in january 2006 , canceled in may of year. guest-starred on gary unmarried connie, allison s mother. in 2012, joined unforgettable dr. joanne webster, gifted crusty medical examiner.

film

in 1980, jane starred susan saint james , jessica lange in moderate hit how beat high cost of living. in 1993, curtin , dan aykroyd reunited in coneheads, full-length motion picture based on popular snl characters. appeared voices of pair of wasps in film antz. in 2009, played paul rudd , andy samberg s mother in love you, man. in 2013 took small role in heat mrs. mullins, mother of detective mullins.

other work

curtin has performed on broadway on occasion. first appeared on great white way miss proserpine garnett in play candida in 1981. later went on replacement actress in 2 other plays: love letters , noises off, , in 2002 revival of our town, received huge press attention paul newman returned broadway stage after several decades away.

she has narrated several audio books, including carl hiaasen s novel nature girl.

on may 7, 2010, curtin placed second in jeopardy! million dollar celebrity invitational, winning $250,000 u.s. fund unicef. michael mckean won tournament, while cheech marin came in third.

she presented emmy awards in 1984, 1987, , 1998; 11th annual american comedy awards in 1997; , 54th annual golden globe awards in 1997.