Birthday: Sept. 6, 1947.
Birthplace: Cambridge, Mass.
Occupation: Actress.
Current home: Connecticut.
Marital status: Married for 20 years to Patrick Lynch, a producer.
Children: Tess Lynch, 12.
Car: A 1989 beige Mercedes-Benz four-wheel-drive station wagon.
Working on: My new NBC-TV show, “3rd Rock from the Sun.”
The last good movie I saw: “Babe.”
The book I’ve been reading: “Redeye: A Western,” by Clyde Edgerton.
Favorite pigout food: Any kind of pasta.
Prized possession: My house. I’ve lived in it for 15 years. We made some changes in it when we bought it, but now, it’s just a nice place to be.
Personal hero: My mother. She was smart and funny.
Nobody knows I’m: Short. I’m 5 feet, 5 1/2 inches and working with John Lithgow, who’s about 8 feet tall, I have to wear huge high heels.
I wish I could stop: Smoking.
I’ve never been able to: Do a somersault.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Cocktail party conversation.
I want to teach my child: To keep a sense of humor. Not everything is life-threatening.
My fantasy is: I’m a really good horseback rider. I’m working on it.
The one thing I can’t stand: Whiners.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Funny.
I knew I was a grown-up when I: Stopped calling my parents’ friends Mr. and Mrs.
If I weren’t an actress: I used to want to go into the foreign service; then I heard it wasn’t a good place for women.
If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: Don’t give out too much information about yourself.
Major accomplishment: Surviving in this business.
Three words that best describe me: Practical, tolerant and short.
