Jane Kaczmarek
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Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Frances Kaczmarekis an American actress. She is best known for playing the character of Lois on the television series Malcolm in the Middle. Kaczmarek is a three-time Golden Globe and seven-time Emmy Award nominee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth21 December 1955
CityMilwaukee, WI
CountryUnited States of America
children husband real
Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.
divorce track horrible
Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.
tennis
Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.
cheesy firsts cheese
We did talk about cheese on our first date.
sides milwaukee alleys
I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.
thinking years roles
When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.
nice joy tennis
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
designers familiar surprised
I'll be surprised if we get those. Some designers aren't familiar with us yet. ... But we're working on them!
fabulous great marriage realized women
I've got fabulous women friends that I kind of didn't have while I was married. I realized the great need for that when the marriage started to disintegrate.
good-day thinking fingers
I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.
perfect peaceful feelings
Gardening is peaceful, yet there is a great element of failure. It's the perfect metaphor for life -- a lot of pleasure, then it's over. There's great satisfaction in tending something, feeling it needs you, even if it's just a plant on your windowsill.
jobs teaching hardest-job
Student teaching is the hardest job there is.
crazy play people
Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.
awards shapes shows
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.