<P> In 2010 and 2012, she made guest appearances on The Middle as the mother of a brood of terror - inducing children and the nemesis of Frankie Heck (played by Patricia Heaton). She also appeared as a featured celebrity in NBC's genealogy documentary reality series, Who Do You Think You Are?, where it was revealed that, through her father's ancestry, she is the distant cousin (many generations removed) of King Louis XIV of France, and thus a descendant of both Saint Louis and Henry IV of France . </P> <P> Starting in 2013, Shields has been an occasional guest co-host in the 9: 00 hour of Today on NBC . </P> <P> Shields has appeared in several Broadway theater productions, including the musicals Grease (1994 revival) as Betty Rizzo, the 1998 revival of Cabaret (in 2001), the 2003 revival of Wonderful Town (in 2004--2005) and Chicago . She also performed in Chicago in London's West End . She took over the role of Morticia Addams in the Broadway musical The Addams Family on June 28, 2011 . </P> <P> In the June 2009 issue of Health magazine, Shields related that she lost her virginity at age 22 to actor Dean Cain while they were dating at Princeton . She said it would have occurred earlier had she had a better self - image . </P>

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