Bradley Whitford

He is currently married to actress Jane Kaczmarek, best known for her role on Malcolm in the Middle. Arthur was born in New York City and grew up in the state of Maryland. For that role, he won an Emmy in 2001 for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. in a one-woman show which opened in Broadway in 2002 as Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends. On The West Wing, currently in its sixth season, Whitford plays Deputy Chief of Staff Joshua Lyman. In 1981, she appeared in Woody Allen's The Floating Lightbulb; two decades later she toured the U.S. He also was in the Broadway version of A Few Good Men. On stage, her roles include Lucy Brown in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of The Threepenny Opera, Yente the Matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and a 1966 Tony Award-winning portrayal of Vera Charles in Mame.

Other supporting movie roles include: Presumed Innocent (1990), Philadelphia (1993) and Kate & Leopold (2001). In the latter she played the character Dorothy Zbornak, a middle-aged woman who lived in a Florida house with two room mates (Betty White and Rue McClanahan) and Dorothy's short-tempered yet hip old mother, played by Estelle Getty. Whitford is also popular for his role as the evil businessman Eric Gordon in the 1995 smash comedy Billy Madison. In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken liberal living in Westchester County, New York. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Whitford majored in English and Theater at Wesleyan University and then went on to receive a master's degree from The Juilliard School. Her notable television roles include the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s and a co-starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s. Bradley Whitford (born 10 October 1959) is an actor who is best known for his role as Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing. Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1923), is an American actress and comedienne.