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Jane Curtin

Actor

Jane Curtin

Born September 6, 1947 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA37 films

Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedienne. She is commonly referred to as Queen of the Deadpan. First coming to prominence as an original cast member on 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 Kate & Allie portraying the role of Allison "Allie" Lowell. Curtin later starred in the hit series 3rd Rock from the Sun portraying the role of Dr. Mary Albright. She recreated her SNL character for the film The Coneheads and more recently appeared in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines.

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Can You Ever Forgive Me? posterFirst watchCan You Ever Forgive Me?20186.8as MarjorieWhen a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.View film

Essential films

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The Heat poster6.6The Heat2013Antz poster6.2Antz1998I Love You, Man poster6.6I Love You, Man2009The Spy Who Dumped Me poster6.4The Spy Who Dumped Me2018Godmothered poster6.7Godmothered2020Jules poster7.1Jules2023The Librarian: Quest for the Spear poster6.3The Librarian: Quest for the Spear2004The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines poster6.3The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines2006

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. TBALittle FiveDean Weston
  2. 2026Back in Black
  3. 2023JulesJoyce
  4. 2021Queen BeesJane Poindexter
  5. 2020GodmotheredMoira
  6. 2019Ode to JoyAunt Sylvia
  7. 2018Can You Ever Forgive Me?Marjorie
  8. 2018The Spy Who Dumped MeCarol
  9. 2016Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen KingdomAlgid Bunk (voice)
  10. 2013The HeatMrs. Mullins
  11. 2011I Don't Know How She Does ItMarla Reddy
  12. 2009I Love You, ManJoyce Klaven
  13. 2008The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas ChaliceCharlene
  14. 2006The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's MinesCharlene
  15. 2006The Shaggy DogJudge Claire Whittaker
  16. 2005Brooklyn LobsterMaureen Giorgio
  17. 2004Geraldine's FortuneGeraldine Liddle
  18. 2004The Librarian: Quest for the SpearCharlene
  19. 2003Recess: All Growed Down(voice)
  20. 2003Our TownMrs. Webb
  21. 2000Catch a Falling StarFran
  22. 1998AntzMuffy (voice)
  23. 1995TadMary Todd Lincoln
  24. 1993ConeheadsPrymatt
  25. 1990Common GroundAlice McGoff
  26. 1988Maybe BabyJulia Gilbert
  27. 1987O.C. and StiggsElinore Schwab
  28. 1987Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven DwarfsEvil Queen
  29. 1987SuspicionLina McLaidlaw
  30. 1986The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
  31. 1985The Best of John BelushiVarious Characters
  32. 1984BedroomsLaura
  33. 1983The ConeheadsPrymaat (voice)
  34. 1982Divorce Wars: A Love StoryVickey Sturgess
  35. 1982Candida
  36. 1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingElaine
  37. 1979Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda