Is the eldest of 10 children, and has five children of her own (two from her first marriage and three with current husband, actor George Wendt ).
Older sister of Joe Birkett. She and George Wendt appeared at a fund raiser in his failed bid for the Illinois Attorney General in 2002.
Children: Hilary Wendt (b. 1985), Joe Wendt and Daniel Wendt with George Wendt and Joshua (b. 1968) and Andrew (b. 1970) from her first marriage.
