Biography
She delivered on her promise as a woman romantically obsessed with Clint Eastwood in the influential thriller "Play Misty for Me" (1971). She won an Emmy for playing "Amy Prentiss" (NBC, 1974-75), a groundbreaking female police chief and earned another nomination for recurring as the ex-wife of "Trapper John, M.D." (CBS, 1979-1986). She played a bored housewife in Garry Marshall's "The Flamingo Kid" (1984), the campily named "Kay Mart" in the …
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Career Milestones
1958 | Stage debut in a Bucks County Playhouse production of "Middle of the Night" |
1961 | Broadway debut as Liz in "Advise and Consent" |
1962 | Joined the CBS soap opera "Love of Life" as a regular cast member |
1964 | Made feature film debut in "Lillith" starring Warren Beatty |
1965 | Played William Shatner's wife on the short-lived CBS series "For the People" |
1966 | Had a memorable screen role as Libby in "The Group" |
1969 | Made TV-movie debut in "The Immortal" (ABC) |
1970 | Returned to the stage in "The Women" for the Repertory Theatre of New Orleans |
1971 | Had one of her best screen roles as a psychotic in Clint Eastwood's "Play Misty for Me" |
1974 | Starred in the NBC series "Amy Prentiss" |
1977 | Cast on the short-lived syndicated series "All That Glitters" |
1978 | Made miniseries debut in "Wheels" (NBC) |
1980 | Had recurring role on "Trapper John, M.D." (CBS) |
1983 | Was a member of an ensemble cast in "Bare Essence" (NBC) |
1984 | Played a bored affluent housewife in "The Flamingo Kid" |
1988 | Had regular role on "Aaron's Way" (NBC) |
1988 | Returned to Broadway in Neil Simon's "Rumors" |
1991 | Provided the voice of the mother on "Dinosaurs" (ABC) |
1992 | Cast on the short-lived series "The Rountable" (NBC) |
1997 | Had short-term role on the ABC drama "One Life to Live" |
1998 | Appeared in the comedy feature "Slums of Beverly Hills" |
1998 | Played Cynthia Stevenson's mother in the Lifetime sitcom "Oh Baby" |
2003 | Cast as Lucille Bluth, the boozy, controlling mother on the FOX sitcom "Arrested Development"; earned a Supporting Actress Emmy (2005) nomination |
2007 | Appeared in three episodes of the TNT series "Saving Grace" |
2008 | Cast as Tabitha Wilson on "90210" (CW) a spin-off of the 90s series "Beverly Hills, 90210" |
Awards
1966 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress |
1971 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Play Misty for Me |
1975 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In a Limited Series in Amy Prentiss |
1977 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress For a Single Appearance In a Drama or Comedy Series in The Streets of San Francisco |
1980 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in Trapper John, M.D. |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Arrested Development |
2005 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Arrested Development |
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Arrested Development |