Patricia Wettig

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BIRTHDAY

December 04, 1951

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RECENT CREDITS

Brothers & Sisters (TV) Dec. 2, 2007

Rachael Ray (TV) Sep. 28, 2007

Prison Break (TV) Mar. 5, 2007

Courthouse (TV) Aug. 26, 2006

Alias (TV) Mar. 21, 2004

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BIOGRAPHY

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A passionate small-screen player who often collaborates with her husband, actor-director-producer Ken Olin, Wettig appeared in a number of '80s series before landing her signature role as a cancer-stricken wife and mother on the seminal yuppie drama thirtysomething. During the show's four-year run, Wettig won a Golden Globe and three Emmys, acted alongside her husband (although they didn't play on-screen spouses) and made her film debut as an unstable movie star in Guilty by Suspicion. As Olin transitioned from actor to TV writer-director, he helped his wife snag recurring roles in a number of series (L.A. Doctors, Breaking News, Alias) but she enjoyed her highest-profile part in years on a show he had nothing to do with: Prison Break, as the manipulative vice president of the United States. Taking a cue from Olin, she also pursued other artistic avenues besides acting, getting an MFA in playwriting and earning kudos for penning My Andy. In 2006, she took a hiatus from Prison Break in order to appear in the dramedy Brothers & Sisters, which was produced by Olin.

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TV STUFF: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Returns?

Dec. 5, 2000

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 5, 2000 -- It's been two years since the end of an era for "Seinfeld," and Julia Louis-Dreyfus" is thinking about returning to the tube. And thinking is the operative term here. According to Daily Variety, the erstwhile tube actress has been meeting with top programming execs at some of the major networks of late. And while she is said to not be "dying" to get b...

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