Overview (3)　　BornDecember 21, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA　　Birth NameJane Frances Kaczmarek　　Height5' 6?" (1.69 m)　　Mini Bio (1)　　Jane grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her mother, Evelyn, was a school teacher. Her father, Edward, is a former Defense Department employee. She is the oldest of four children. Her brothers, Jim & Bill, are a teacher and an entrepreneur respectively. Her sister, Mary, works for an Internet company. Jane was a theater major at the University of Wisconsin. While there, she became buddies with Tony Shalhoub, who encouraged her to shoot for stardom. She followed Tony in enrolling at Yale University & performed in the Yale Repertory Company. She had several film and theatrical successes, including good notices for her replacement of Mercedes Ruehl in Neil Simon's Broadway play,"Lost In Yonkers". Jane's roommate at Yale was Kate Burton, Richard Burton's daughter. Kate arranged a blind date between Jane and Bradley Whitford. In 1992, after two years of dating, the two married. They have three children: Frances (b. 1997), Edward (b. 1999) and Mary (b. 2002).　　- IMDb Mini Biography By: John Sacksteder 　　Spouse (1)　　Bradley Whitford(15 August 1992 - 2010) ( divorced) ( 3 children)　　Trivia (12)　　Studied to be a teacher at the University of Wisconsin.　　She and her ex-husband, Bradley Whitford, have three children: Frances Whitford was born in January 1997; George Whitford was born on December 23, 1999 and Mary Louisa Whitford was born on November 25, 2002.　　Actor Daniel von Bargen has coincidentally appeared with husband and wife actors Jane Kaczmarek and Bradley Whitford in four different projects. Along with Kaczmarek, he appeared in Malcolm in the Middle (2000). With Whitford, he was in RoboCop 3 (1993), Philadelphia (1993) and The West Wing (1999).　　Studied at Yale University School of Drama, where she was a classmate of Kate Burton.　　Founded the charity"Clothes off our Back" (http://www.clothesoffourback.org) with her ex-husband, B