Jane Curtin

Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian. She first came to prominence as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live in 1975, where she anchored the 'Weekend Update' segment and was known for the Conehead sketches and the 'Point-Counterpoint' parody. She went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the 1980s sitcom Kate & Allie, playing Allie Lowell, and later starred in 3rd Rock from the Sun as Dr. Mary Albright. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and raised Roman Catholic in Wellesley, she dropped out of Northeastern University to pursue comedy, joining the group The Proposition. Curtin reprised her SNL character Prymaat Conehead in the 1993 film Coneheads and has appeared in films including I Love You, Man and The Heat. She is sometimes referred to as the 'Queen of Deadpan'.