Editing Jane Curtin (section)

== Early life ==
Jane Therese Curtin was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]],<ref name=consumes/> third of four  children born to Mary Constance (née Farrell) and John Joseph Curtin, who owned an insurance agency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jane Curtin Biography (1947-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/79/Jane-Curtin.html|website=filmreference.com}}</ref> Her maternal ancestry is Irish,<ref name=schulman>{{cite magazine|last=Schulman|first=Michael|date=February 17, 2019|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/jane-curtin-is-playing-it-straight|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|title=Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221073808/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/jane-curtin-is-playing-it-straight|archive-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> and her paternal, Curtin, ancestry is also Irish, originally from Newmarket-on-Fergus, [[County Clare]]. Curtin has one younger brother, Larry Curtin, who lives in South Florida;<ref>{{cite news |last= Talley |first= Jim |title= Investors Star In Film Financing |work= [[Sun-Sentinel]] |location= Fort Lauderdale, Florida |date= August 18, 1986 |url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-08-18/business/8602180950_1_film-tax-code-market |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114049/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-08-18/business/8602180950_1_film-tax-code-market |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 6, 2014 |access-date= April 14, 2013}}</ref> and an oldest brother, John J. "Jack" Curtin ({{abbr|d.|died}} 2008).<ref>{{cite news|date=September 24, 2008|title=John J. Curtin|work=[[Boston Herald]]|url=http://bostonherald.com/2008/09/john_j_curtin_0|access-date=April 14, 2013}}</ref> Her older sister, Virginia (Ginny), died in 2001. Curtin is a paternal cousin of actress and writer [[Valerie Curtin]]. Her paternal uncle was the radio personality Joseph Curtin.

She was raised Roman Catholic, and grew up in [[Wellesley, Massachusetts]]. She graduated from [[Newton Country Day|Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart]] in [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] in 1965. Curtin earned an associate degree from [[Elizabeth Seton College|Elizabeth Seton Junior College]] in New York City, class of 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Glennon|first=Ivy|title=Curtin, Jane|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotv/curtinjane.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211080615/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/curtinjane.htm|archive-date=December 11, 2013|website=Museum of Broadcast Communications}}</ref> She then attended [[Northeastern University]] from 1967 to 1968 before dropping out of college to pursue a career in comedy.<ref name="consumes">{{cite web |last=Wollman Rusoff |first=Jane |date=July 5, 1993 |title=Hollywood life consumes mass quantities of time for 'Coneheads' star Jane Curtin |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-07-05-1993186009-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622113824/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-07-05-1993186009-story.html |archive-date=June 22, 2021 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]}}</ref>