Jane Krakowski Parents: Barbara Krajkowski and Ed Krajkowski

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Jane Krakowski is an American actress, comedienne, and singer.

She is best known for her starring role as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series 30 Rock, for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Jane Krakowski Parents: Barbara Krajkowski and Ed Krajkowski

Barbara Krajkowski and Ed Krajkowski are the parents of Jane Krakowski.

Barbara Krajkowski

Barbara Krajkowski is an American Theatre director.

She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1979 and earned a Master of Arts in Communication and Theater from William Paterson University of New Jersey in 1980.

Krajkowski further studied Theater at Stella Adler Conseratory from 1997 to 1999.

Following graduation, Barbara Krajkowski worked as a Communication and Theater Arts Teacher at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey from September  1982 to June 2011.

Between March 2013 to April 2013, she worked as a Director at Bickford Theater.

Krajkowski currently runs a Women’s Theater Company in Parsippany, New Jersey, where she has served as Producing Artistic Director since August 1993.

In January 1961, Barbara Krajkowski married Chemical engineer, Ed Krajkowski. They remained married until he died in 2016.

Ed Krajkowski

Ed Krajkowski was a Chemical engineer.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Krajkowski graduated from City College of New York. Ed then received his Master’s Degree in Financial Management from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).

Following his marriage to Barbara Krajkowski, they moved to Washington, DC where he worked at the Naval Propellant Plant, in Indianhead, Maryland.

In 1963, they relocated to Parsippany, New Jersey where they resided for the next 52 years.

Ed worked at Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ for 42 years and retired in 2001.

He also performed at the Barn Theater in Montville and other local theaters for 25 years. He then became the major patron for The Women’s Theater Company in Lake Hiawatha.

Ed and Barbara Krajkowski had two children; John Krajkowski and Jane Krakowski.

Ed Krajkowski died on August 15, 2016, at the age of 72.

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