Bradley Whitford & Jane Kaczmarek file for divorce after 17 years

Sad news has hit Hollywood. Famously close, resilient couple Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek have filed for divorce. Whitford is most famous for his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of Josh Lyman through eight seasons of The West Wing. Kaczmarek is famous for her seven-times Emmy-nominated performance as Lois, Malcolm’s mother in Malcolm in the Middle. Bradley and Jane had been together for more than 17 years, and they have three children together: Frances, 12, George, 9 and Mary Louisa, 6.

Actor Bradley Whitford and wife Jane Kaczmarek filed divorce papers Friday in Los Angeles, PEOPLE has confirmed.

“He hopes the media will respect their wish for privacy as they focus on their children,” says a rep for Whitford.

The former West Wing star and Malcolm in the Middle mom were married in August 1992, and have three children, Frances Genevieve, 12, George Edward, 9, and Mary Louisa, 6.

[From People]
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286482,00.html

Though their on-screen characters have tended to be on the crazy side, both Bradley and Jane are known are rather famous off-screen for their wholesome, salt-of-the-earth, family-oriented, charitable images. Both are Wisconsin born and bred, and they always seemed like one of the most stable couples in Hollywood – like the Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson of television. I have my fingers crossed that they’re not divorcing for some horrible reason like infidelity or some kind of substance abuse. I’m praying for “they just grew apart” or something like that.

Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek are shown on 11/1/07 and 6/7/07. Credit: WENN.com

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