sentences:  Unlike many of her fellow "SNL" cast members who ventured successfully into film, Curtin chose to stay mainly in television, with a few sporadic film appearances.To date, she has starred in two long-running television sitcoms.First, in "Kate & Allie" (1984–89), with Susan Saint James, she played a single mother named "Allie Lowell" and twice won the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.