1999 | Final screen appearance as a Long Island housewife in "Judy Berlin" |
1999 | Announced in November that for the past year she had been underoing treatment for ovarian cancer |
1998 | Provided the voice of Gypsy in the computer animated "A Bug's Life" |
| Returned to series TV as a regular on "Cosby" (CBS) |
1995 | Appeared as the Mayor Cora Hoover Hooper in a special one-performance only production of the Arthur Laurents-Stephen Sondheim musical "Anyone an Whistle"; co-starred with Scott Bakula and Bernadette Peters; show was recorded and released on CD |
1995 | Cast as Martha Mitchell in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" |
1995 | Played a gossip reporter in the short-lived CBS series "New York News" |
1993 | Nearly stole the show by performing the patter song "Not Getting Married Today" (from "Company") at "Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall"; performance preserved on a recording and the videotape which aired on PBS' "Great Performances" |
1992 | Appeared in Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog" |
1992 | Won acclaim for her stage performance as Gorgeous in Wendy Wasserstein's "The Sisters Rosensweig"; received Tony Award |
1990 | Co-starred in Alan Alda's "Betsey's Wedding" |
1989 | Starred opposite Edward Asner in the Broadway revival of "Born Yesterday"; received a Tony nomination |
1987 | Replaced Carlin Glinn as the female lead of the Fox sitcom "Mr. President", starring George C Scott |
1986 | Began voice work in animated films with "My Little Pony" and "An American Tail" |
1983 | Starred in the short-lived sitcom "Oh Madeline" (ABC) |
1981 | Once again appeared with Brooks in "The History of the World Part I" |
1978 | Was featured in the all-star spoof of films noir "The Cheap Detective", scripted by Neil Simon |
1978 | Starred opposite John Cullum in the stage musical "On the Twentieth Century"; reportedly fired from production after a few months; received a Tony Award nomination |
1977 | Returned to Brooks' company of actors for his Hitchcock spoof "High Anxiety" |
1975 | Co-starred in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother", helmed by Gene Wilder |
1975 | Reteamed with Bogdanovich for the ill-fated musical "At Long Last Love" |
1974 | Appeared in two Mel Brooks comedy films: as Lili Von Shtupp, a takeoff of Marlene Dietrich, in "Blazing Saddles" and as the title character's fiance in "Young Frankenstein"; received a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination for the former; both films featured Gene Wilder |
1973 | Starred as a go-go dancer in David Rabe's play "Boom Boom Room"; earned Tony nomination for the role |
1973 | Earned first Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as Trixie Delight in "Paper Moon", starring O'Neal and directed by Bogdanovich |
1972 | Feature film debut, "What's Up, Doc?"; played Ryan O'Neal's fiancee and nearly stole the film; first film for Peter Bogdanovich |
1972 | First TV-movie, "Harvey" (NBC) |
1970 | Was a regular performer on the summer variety series "Comedy Tonight" (CBS) |
1969 | Had featured role as one of Noah's daughters-in-law in "Two by Two", starring Danny Kaye |
1968 | Film debut in a short, an Ingmar Bergman spoof, "The Dove" |
1968 | Broadway debut, "New Faces of '68" |
| Was a guest on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson |
| Appeared regularly in stage revues in NYC |
1965 | Professional stage debut as a chorus member in a revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" |
1964 | Briefly worked as a schoolteacher |
| While in college, performed as a classical singer in school productions |
| Raised in NYC |
