1999 | Starred as Maria Callas in "Master Class" on tour in the United Kingdom; tour interrupted when she underwent emergency brain surgery |
1998 | Toured USA in RSC production of "Henry VIII", playing Katherine of Aragon |
1996 | Played the artist's first wife in the Merchant-Ivory film "Surviving Picasso" |
1992 | Rejoined the RSC as company member |
| Co-starred with Nigel Hawthorne in the London production of "Shadowlands" |
1987 | Had featured role in ABC miniseries "Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story" |
| Spent one year with RSC |
1984 | American TV-movie debut "To Catch a King" (HBO) |
1982 | Played "Piaf" in syndicated TV version |
1981 | Played Cleopatra in "Anthony and Cleopatra" on the PBS broadcast of "The Shakespeare Plays" |
1981 | Recreated London stage role of "Piaf" on Broadway; received Tony Award as Best Actress in a Play |
| Had career breakthrough role in stage play "Piaf" |
1978 | Returned to the RSC for three years |
1977 | Played title role in British TV production, "Marie Curie" |
| Moved to the Prospect Theatre Company |
| Became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) |
1971 | Played the servant Charmian in "Antony and Cleopatra", directed and adapted by and starring Charlton Heston |
1970 | Supported Laurence Olivier in the National Theatre production of "The Merchant of Venice" |
1968 | Had early film role in "Isadora" |
| Joined the National Theatre, London |
1965 | Member of Bristol Old Vic Company; made professional stage debut in "When We Were Married" |
1957 | After mother's marriage, "adopted" by stepfather when she was 12 years old (date approximate) |
| Abandoned at age three months by her teenage mother and raised by her "Gran" |
