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Birth Place: Dolton, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/14/1960, Cancer
Profession: Actor; writer; comedian

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An achingly funny character actress, this tomboyish blonde honed her comedic skills touring with the famed Second City troupe and playing the matriarch in the early '90s cult stage hit The Real Live Brady Bunch... read more

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Seth Rogen, James Franco, Hugh Jackman and More Invited to Join Academy | Movie News | 7/1/2009

What would appear to be one prerequisite for scoring a membership in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences? Working with Judd Apatow.

Frequent Apatow collaborators Seth Rogen, James Franco, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd and Jane Lynch are among the 134 industry names invited to join the elite Hollywood club this year. As members, they would enjoy voting privileges for all future Oscar ceremonies. (Apatow himself was invited to join AMPAS last year.)

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"I Won't Die With A Little Help From My Friends" | TV Show Recaps | 4/4/2008
Well its been a while but now that all the poster boards have long been collecting dust a new episode of Earl has finally been unleashed and it did not disappoint After NBC President and CEO Jeff Zucker got the ball rolling with a quick recap and a good-natured joke or two about the writers strike we were back in Camden County Earl and Billie were of course right where we left them unconscious in the street As Randy commandeers an ambulance in order to rush him to the hospital Earl dreams of starring in a sitcom since TV has always been a source of solace This was an excellent way to kick off Earls return I think the onscreen dichotomy between the actual episode and a farcical send-up of classic TV really drove the point home that these writers are right on the cutting edge Also it was in this imagined show that the big buzz surrounding tonights installment played out Paris Hilton fresh off of her latest box office flop The Hottie and the Nottie read more be the first to leave a comment
Casting About: Kidman Denies Nip/Tucking, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 3/14/2007
• A spokesperson for Nicole Kidman tells the New York Daily News it's "not true" that the Aussie beanpole will guest on the coming season of Nip/Tuck, as claimed last week by series creator Ryan Murphy. Intriguing!• Peyton Manning hosts Saturday Night Live on March 24, with musical guest Carrie Underwood.• Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger puts in an appearance on this Sunday's The Apprentice, as part of the winning team's reward. • Kevin Nealon, Jane Lynch, Richard Kind and Wendie Malick are among those who have been added to the guest-star lineup for Thank God You're Here, NBC's improv comedy-challenge series debuting April 9. read more
Fall 2007: Law's on Order for Office, ER Cuties | Today's News: Our Take | 2/8/2007
The latest pilot developments, from Variety and the Hollywood Reporter:• ER's Shane West is one of the half-dozen clerks whose professional and personal lives are chronicled in Fox's Supreme Courtships.• Boston Legal's Mark Valley is one of the two leads in NBC's Business Class, playing a charismatic and thoroughly amoral traveling salesman. Legal partner Craig Bierko, meanwhile, is a newly single guy in the Fox comedy The Rules of Starting Over, which also stars The Office's Rashida Jones as a lawyer looking for a decent fella. Um, Jim Halpert?!• Jane Lynch (A Mighty Wind) has come on board Area 52, NBC's comedy about a secret government research site.• Less Than Perfect's Zachary Levi is NBC's Chuck, and Adam Baldwin (Day Break) is the NSA agent who recruits the computer geek for espionage work.• Rome's Kevin McKidd is NBC's Journeyman.• CBS likes The Man, CSI creator Anthony Zuiker's drama starring LL Cool J as an undercover L.A. cop, while ABC has p... read more
Casting About: Virgin Star Joins Stiller's Sitcom | Today's News: Our Take | 9/25/2006
Funnylady Jane Lynch (of The 40 Year Old Virgin and Christopher Guest-movies fame) will play mom to Christine Taylor's small-town-girl-turned-Hollywood-superstar in CBS' untitled comedy pilot being exec-produced and directed by Taylor's husband, Ben Stiller. (It just hit me: Lovespring International's riotous Jennifer Elise Cox included, Lynch will have worked with both "Jan" and "Marcia Brady").... Sara Paxton (Aquamarine) will star in The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker, a (as if it needs to be said) Lifetime movie about a smart and ambitious college freshman who... turns into a typical college freshman. Nancy Travis plays Paxton's mom. read more

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Jane Lynch: TV Listings

Jane Lynch: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Glee (Actor - Sue Sylvester)	2009	TV Show Series
Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (Actor - Diatryma Mom)	2009	Movie
Mr. Troop Mom (Actor - Miss Hulka)	2009	TV Show Series
Party Down (Actor - Constance)	2009	TV Show Series
Another Cinderella Story (Actor - Dominique Blatt)	2008	TV Show Series