| Janet Heffernan | |
|---|---|
 Jenny O'Hara as Janet Heffernan, Doug's mother. | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Born: | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Character description: |
An easy-going, loving mom and wife who is also is a talented poker player |
| Family and Personal | |
| Spouse(s): | Joe Heffernan |
| Related to: | Doug Heffernan (son) Stephanie Heffernan (daughter) Danny Heffernan (nephew) Stu Heffernan (brother-in-law) Trudy Heffernan (sister-in-law) Carrie Heffernan (daughter in-law) Heffernan Children (grandkids) |
| Character information | |
| Appeared on: | "The King of Queens" |
| Episodes appeared in: | 15 from Seasons 3-9, 2001-07 |
| Character played by: | Jenny O'Hara |
Janet Heffernan is Doug's mother and the wife of Joe Heffernan. Janet is played by actress Jenny O'Hara. Janet, who was introduced to audiences in the episode "Departure Time" (#3.21) (2001), is characterized as easy-going, loving and also is quite a poker player, as she showed in the 2006 episode "Gambling N' Diction" (#8.13). She's usually the voice of reason to counter Doug's iracible father Joe, played by actor Dakin Matthews. Janet appears in a total of 15 episodes of the series.