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Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an
United States|American actor|actress and comedian,
from Cambridge,_Massachusetts|Cambridge,
Massachusetts.  She holds an associate degree from
Elizabeth Ann Seton|Elizabeth Seton Junior College
in New York.

In 1968, Curtin decided to pursue comedy as a
career and dropped out of college.  She joined a
comedy group, "The Proposition", and performed
with them until 1972. She starred in "Pretzels",
an off-Broadway play written by Curtin and Fred
Grandy, in 1974. 

One of the original "Not Ready For Prime Time
Players" for NBC's Saturday Night Live (1975),
Curtin remained on the show through the 1979-1980
season.  A practicing Catholic, she did not
participate in SNL's notorious backstage party
scene. 

On "Saturday Night Live", Curtin often played
straight-woman characters driven to frustration by
the antics of John Belushi or Chevy Chase.  She
was particularly well known for SNL bits that
included "Prymaat Conehead" (mother of the
Conehead family), and "Enid Loopner" (in sketches
with Gilda Radner and Bill Murray).  Curtin
anchored SNL's "Weekend Update" segment in
1976-77, and was paired with Dan Aykroyd in
1977-78 and Bill Murray in 1978-80.  In a parody
of the 1970's news program "60 Minutes", Curtin
portrayed the liberal viewpoint vs. right-wing
conservative Dan Aykroyd.
 
: Curtin: "Dan, only a reactionary ass such as
yourself could oppose full diplomatic relations
with China. As President Carter said, it's a
simple recognition of reality. How can we ignore
eight hundred million people? But, then again, I
guess it's your habit to ignore reality. You're a
paranoid schizophrenic, Dan, whose politics are
obviously born out of some buried infantile
trauma. You hide from reality, constructing a
hostile world to justify your own incapacity for
love and compassion. Go ahead, Dan, live in your
dark, lonely world..." 

:Aykroyd: "Jane, you ignorant slut. My personality
profile is not at issue here, any more than is
your inability to achieve orgasm. The issue is
Taiwan. How can we expect to have the confidence
of any free nation when we stab one of our most
faithful allies in the back? I suppose you'd like
to conduct our foreign policy the way you conduct
your private life, hopping from bed to bed with
anyone who can do you some good. Then what do you
have? An old, dried-out scuz that no decent man
would be seen with. Is that what you want for
America? It's too late for you, Jane, but our
country still has some dignity left, you hosebag!"
(Dialog:  "Saturday Night Live"
http://www.nndb.com/people/813/000024741/.)

Curtin later starred in two long-running
television Situation comedy|sitcoms.  In "Kate &
Allie", with Susan Saint James (1984-89), she
played single mother "Allie Lowell" and received
two Emmys for her performance.  She also joined
the cast of "Third Rock from the Sun" (1996-2001)
playing the "human" "Mary Albright" opposite the
"alien" John Lithgow, and with cast members
Kristen Johnston, French Stewart and Joseph
Gordon-Levitt. 

In 1993, Curtin and Aykroyd were reuinited in
Coneheads, a full length motion picture based on
their popular SNL characters. 

Curtin lives in Connecticut with her husband,
Patrick Lynch.  The couple has one daughter, Tess
Lynch.  Curtin has served as a U.S. Committee
National Ambassador for UNICEF. 

Curtin has a cousin in the industry, actress,
writer and producer, Valerie Curtin.

== Filmography ==
:Television
::*Saturday Night Live (1975-80)
::*Kate & Allie as Allie Lowell (1984-89)
::*Third Rock from the Sun as Professor Mary
Albright (1996-2001)
:Films
::*Antz (1998) voice
::*Coneheads (1993) 
::*O.C. and Stiggs (1987) 
::*How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1981) 
::*Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0004852|name=Jane Curtin
* http://www.nndb.com/people/813/000024741/ Jane
Curtin

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