![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: December 22, 1955 in Milwaukee, WI Biography:Down to earth midwesterner "Jane Kaczmarek" established herself as a multi-talented supporting actress in movies and TV before "Malcolm in the Middle" turned her into a bona fide TV star in 2000. Born and raised in Milwaukee, Kaczmarek considered a teaching career, but majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin instead. After earning her M.F.A. at the Yale Drama School, Kaczmarek headed to New York to hit the stage. Moving from theater into TV and film in the early '80s, Kaczmarek revealed her aptitude for both comedy, in such TV movies as "Door to Door" (1984), and drama, with recurring guest parts on St. Elsewhere in 1983 and Hill Street Blues in 1984, as well as a small role in the ground-breaking TV film There's Something About Amelia (1984). As a testament to her acting chops, Kaczmarek earned her first starring film role as "Robert De Niro"'s wronged wife in the De Niro/"Meryl Streep"... Full Biography
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