Jane Kaczmarek - Career

Career

In 1998, Kaczmarek was cast as David and Jennifer's mother in the movie Pleasantville. She has had several Broadway hits, including Lost in Yonkers and Raised in Captivity, where she won an LA Drama Critics’ Award. Her first television role was that of Margie Spoletto on For Lovers Only (1982). She also played a role in The Heavenly Kid in 1985 as Emily.

Kaczmarek has also appeared in over forty television roles, the most notable including:

• Nurse Sandy Burns on St. Elsewhere (1982).
• Connie Lehman in The Paper Chase: The Second Year (1983–1984)
• Mary Newell Abbott on Hometown (1985), a comedy/drama on CBS directly adapted from the 1983 hit movie The Big Chill
• Linda Bauer, a lawyer, on the ABC legal drama Equal Justice (1990-1991)
• Maureen Culter, girlfriend of Martin Crane (John Mahoney) on Frasier in "Police Story" (052–1996) and "Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine" (082–1997)
• Janet Rudman on Law & Order in "Censure" (414–1994)
• Carol Anderson, biological mother of Julie Emrick on Felicity in 5 episodes (1999–2000)
• Holly in five episodes of Cybill (1996–1997)
• Helene Thompson in three episodes of Party of Five (1995–1999)
• Lois, mother of Malcolm (Frankie Muniz), Reese (Justin Berfield), Francis (Christopher Masterson), Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan), and baby Jamie, and wife of Hal (Bryan Cranston) in 151 episodes of Malcolm in the Middle from 2000 to 2006
• Trudy Kessler, Courtroom Judge in 25 episodes of Raising the Bar from 2008 to 2009
• The voice of Judge Constance Harm in eight episodes of The Simpsons between 2001 and 2010, namely "The Parent Rap", "Brawl in the Family", "Barting Over", "Brake My Wife, Please", "The Wandering Juvie", "On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", "Rome-old and Juli-eh", and recently "Chief of Hearts".