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Jane Kaczmarek

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Jane Kaczmarek: Biography

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Birth Place: Milwaukee, WI
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/21/1955, Sagittarius
Profession: Actor

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The Susan Lucci of prime time, this zany sitcom star was nominated for seven Emmys during her seven-season stint as a harried mother on Malcolm in the Middle but failed to win the prize. Yet the dimpled actress... read more

Jane Kaczmarek: TV Guide News

Bradley Whitford, Jane Kaczmarek File for Divorce After Nearly 17 Years | Today's News: Our Take | 6/20/2009

TV vets Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek filed divorce papers on Friday in Los Angeles, People reports. The couple married in August 1992.

"[Bradley] hopes the media will respect their wish for privacy as they focus on their children," Whitford's rep tells People.

Whitford and Kaczmarek have ... read more 25 Comments
Jane Kaczmarek Holds Court in Raising the Bar | Today's News: Our Take | 9/8/2008
Steven Bochco, the mastermind behind NYPD Blue and L.A. Law, assembles another top-notch cast for Raising the Bar (Mondays at 10 pm/ET, TNT), a new legal drama about New York prosecutors, defense lawyers and one no-nonsense judge played by Jane Kaczmarek. We caught up with former Malcolm in the Middle mom to discuss her new show, working with Zack Morris and her duties as a real-life mom. TV Guide: It's good to see you back on television again!Jane Kaczmarek: [Laughs] It's been long enough that I was able to travel and spend some time with my children — I waited really long to have kids. You wait that long and you want to be there. I did not want to put in the kind of time I had to put into Malcolm in the Middle. I passed on a lot of stuff until something came along read more
Can Steven Bochco Raise the Bar for Legal Dramas? | Today's News: Our Take | 9/1/2008
The man who gave TV such memorable dramas as Hill Street Blues and LA Law has a new story to tell It involves a group of stalwart public defenders led by Mark-Paul Gosselaar Saved By the Bell and Gloria Rueben ER and the other legal types including Malcolm mom Jane Kaczmarek as a judge to be reckoned with who inhabit their world Does TNTs Raising the Bar premiering tonight at 10 pmET fill a need that TV viewers may not realize they have TVGuidecom invited Steven Bochco to preview his new drama Matt MitovichTVGuidecom Whenever the idea for a new legal drama pops into your head and I have to imagine that happens every now and again do you ever think Does TV really need another one Is there anything new we can do here stillSteven Bochco Absolutely First of all I dont think that there are a lot of legal dramas on television A lot of what passes these days for legal drama and historically what has passed for le read more
So, Steven Bochco and TNT Walk into a Bar.... | Today's News: Our Take | 1/24/2008
TNT has given a 10-episode order to Raising the Bar, a new legal drama from Steven Bochco and starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar as a public defender. Gloria Reuben (ER) plays Zack's boss, Jane Kaczmarek (the Malcolm parent currently not cooking up crystal meth) is an erratic judge (what I like to call "The Holland Taylor Role"), and all the while Mr. Belding wags his finger at that reckless young lawyer. read more
Casting News: Grey's Newest Victim, Smallville's New Superman | Today's News: Our Take | 8/2/2007
Broadway legend Ben Vereen has been tapped to guest on Grey's Anatomy this fall. In his episode, tentatively scheduled to air on Oct. 4, he'll play a burn victim. If we're lucky, a singing, dancing burn victim. (It's Ben Vereen, for crying out loud!)Find more on this Grey's news here. First Christopher Reeve, now Dean Cain is guesting on Smallville. The onetime star of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman will appear in the fall season's fourth episode as a baddy named Dr. Curtis Knox. As in knoxious. Although Steven Bochco's new TNT legal drama doesn't have a title, it's certainly packed with big names: Jane Kaczmarek, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Gloria Reuben have all signed up. Kaczmarek will play a wacky judge; Gosselaar, a public defender; and Reuben, his boss.Six Feet Under's Mathew St. Patrick has joined fellow All My Children alum Abigail Spencer in NBC's neighborhood-watch-group pilot, Backyards and Bullets. read more

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Jane Kaczmarek courtesy Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com

Jane Kaczmarek, Cindy Crawford, Nancy ODell, Brenda Strong, Amber Valletta courtesy Michael Caulfield/WireImage

Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston courtesy Chris Weeks/WireImage.com

Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Bryan Cranston, Linwood Boomer, Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek and Christopher Kennedy Masterson courtesy Jesse Grant/WireImage.com

Bradley Whitford, Jane Kaczmarek courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

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Jane Kaczmarek: TV Listings

Jane Kaczmarek: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Raising the Bar (Actor - Judge Trudy Kessler)	2008	TV Show Series
Help Me Help You (Actor - Anne)	2006	TV Show Series
Malcolm in the Middle (Actor - Lois Wilkerson)	2000	TV Show Series
Pleasantville (Actor - David's Mom)	1998	Movie
The Chamber (Actor - Dr. Anne Biddows)	1996	Movie