Welcome to Daily Jane Leeves, your comprehensive source of all of Jane's work -- from Kit Voss on The Resident, Daphne Moon on Frasier, to Joy Scroggs on Hot in Cleveland, and her many animated roles. DJL features an extensive archive of Jane's career, from the largest Jane Photo Archive of 30,000+ images - compiled of events, photo shoots, magazines, film/television stills, screen caps of all of Jane's projects as well as a Video Archive featuring high quality interviews, clips and many others!

Daphne & Me Memoir

Jane Leeves—who starred as Frasier’s beloved and eccentric Daphne Moon—tells her unique and intimate story of coming into her own on one of the most successful sitcoms ever made. 

Over the course of more than a decade, Jane Leeves, a former ballerina from humble beginnings in England, saw her life turn on its head as she made a family on and off the set of Frasier—a show that would make her career. As the character Daphne Moon—a live-in physical therapist hired to take care of Frasier Crane’s father—she acted as a perfect, down-to-earth foil to pompous Frasier and his equally pretentious brother, Niles. As Daphne and Niles were falling head-over-heels for each other in one of television’s great romances, Jane was finding her own true love on the Paramount lot and eventually, having children—one of whom calls David Hyde Pierce “godfather.”

Eleven seasons and a record-breaking thirty-seven Emmys later, Leeves and the cast and crew of Frasier made television history in making one of the most beloved and influential sitcoms of all time. Now in Daphne & Me she recounts the most monumental years of her life, sharing the hilarious and moving stories she’s collected over the years, and revisiting remarkable moments behind the scenes of the iconic show we all know and love.

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Hot in Cleveland Reunion

Jane appeared on the Drew Barrymore show this morning, joining Wendie Malick and Valerie Bertinelli for a Hot in Cleveland Reunion! The 20 minute reunion has been uploaded in the Video Archives, broken into three parts! Screencaps from their reunion are also up in the Photo Archives.

Video Archive Links:
TV > Interviews > Drew Barrymore Show Part 1
TV > Interviews > Drew Barrymore Show Part 2
TV > Interviews > Drew Barrymore Show Part 3

Photo Archive Links:
Public Appearances > Talk Show Appearances > Drew Barrymore Show

Jane on the Drew Barrymore Show

Valerie Bertinelli Surprised by Emotional Hot in Cleveland Reunion with Costars Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves
It’s a Hot in Cleveland reunion!

In a preview clip of the Monday, Sept. 22, episode of The Drew Barrymore ShowValerie Bertinelli — who starred on the TV Land sitcom from 2010 to 2015 — is asked about her experience on the show before getting an emotional surprise from her former co-stars Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves.

In the clip, Bertinelli, 65, says the show was “hands down, my favorite experience in my working life,” adding, “to work with those three women that I got to work with — and there was not a diva on the set.”

“We’d hang out in the morning and just talk before rehearsing,” she added.

At that, Barrymore said, “Well, then, without further ado, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick,” before the two actresses appeared from behind a curtain and entered the stage.

In addition to Malick, Leeves and Bertinelli, the show also starred the late Betty White, who died at the age of 99 on Dec. 31, 2021, less than a month before what would have been her 100th birthday.

Source: People

Eric Idle interview

Jane participated in The Guardian’s interview with Eric Idle, submitting a few questions:

Ahead of his UK tour, the former Monty Python star responds to questions from Catherine Zeta-Jones, David Mamet, Janet Suzman, Steve Coogan, Bill Oddie and others:

When news broke in 2021 that Eric Idle had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, dismay was followed by relief when he survived to get the all-clear. Now 83, Idle is thriving and about to embark on his first UK tour since 1973.

Over haddock and chips in London last month, a gentle and friendly Idle answered questions submitted by readers and fellow writers, actors and comedians about his time as a Python, Broadway smash Spamalot – his musical adaptation of Monty Python and the Holy Grail – as well as selfies, Peter Cook and why he feels sorry for the royals:

Which comedian, living or dead, do you most admire? Jane Leeves
Peter Cook, Billy Connolly, Robin Williams, Eddie Izzard. I would say my comedic voice is somewhere between Eric Morecambe and Peter Cook. When I was growing up, I loved Frankie Howerd and Jimmy Edwards. Comedians used to go from place to place doing the same act and lots of them were really funny but TV finished them off, because they couldn’t adapt or write enough new material.

If you hadn’t pursued a life as a writer and performer, is there anything else you might have found a career in? Jane Leeves
I dread to think. The great thing about doing comedy is you never have to have a proper job. I don’t think of my life as a career; I think of it as a life.

Who do you find the most challenging to work with, actors or comedians? Jane Leeves
I appreciate actors more and more. I learned so much from watching Mike Nichols giving notes. When he was firm, he’d sometimes make the actors cry. But he’d always say: you gotta take it seriously. If you don’t, why should the audience?

Source: The Guardian

Murphy Brown Clips

17 Clips of Jane’s appearances on Murphy Brown been added to the video archive! As a recurring guest star, Jane appeared in 9 different episodes as Audrey Cohen. She landed the role of Daphne Moon during this series, making episode 5×18 her final appearance as Audrey.

Video Archive Links:
TV > Murphy Brown > Clips

Love, Death + Robots

Jane will be appearing in an upcoming episode of Love, Death + Robots, releasing on Netflix in May. The 13-time Emmy-winning animated anthology series Love, Death + Robots will return with 10 brand-new stories on May 15, exclusively on Netflix. The streamer today revealed the Volume 4 official trailer, voice cast details and roster of directors brining these tales of terror, technology and the human experience to life.

For He Can Creep: London, 1757. A poet confined to an insane asylum believes Satan wants him to write a verse that will end the world. And the only thing standing between him and the Prince of Darkness (voiced by Dan Stevens) is his cat, Jeoffry. Emily Dean directs this wildly inventive period adaptation of Siobhan Carroll’s short story.

Director: Emily Dean
Writer: Tamsyn Muir, based on the short story by Siobhan Carroll
Animation Studio: Polygon Pictures Inc.
Voice Cast: Dan Stevens, JB Blanc, Jim Broadbent, Nika Futterman, Jane Leeves & Dave B. Mitchell

(AnimationMagazine)

Animated Videos updated

A bunch of new videos have been uploaded to the video archive! Additional animated work has been uploaded with the remainder of her animated work in the process of being uploaded.

Video Archive Links:
Animated Work> James & the Giant Peach> Clips
Animated Work> Phineas & Ferb> Clips
Animated Work> Lego Star Wars: Freemaker Adventures 1×06> Clips
Animated Work> Lego Star Wars: Freemaker Adventures 2×10 > Clips
Animated Work> Penguins of Madagascar: Monkey Love 1×20 > Clips
Animated Work> Penguins of Madagascar: Hoboken Surprise 2×08 > Clips