Biography
After a good start playing the mother of the titular tot in the popular "Three Men and a Baby" (1987), Travis was lost amid a passel of colorful crazies in a small supporting role in "Married to the Mob" (1988) and suffered a similar fate amid the male bonding of "Eight Men Out" (1988). Despite major roles in films toplining the likes of Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd and Mel Gibson, Travis received little exposure in "Loose Cannons" (1989) and …
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Career Milestones
| Co-founded (along with Helen Slater, Fisher Stevens and others) Naked Angels, a theater company in Manhattan | ||
| Landed first post-graduate acting job in "It's Hard to Be a Jew," performed at the 92nd Street Y in New York, NY | ||
| Lived in Baltimore and Boston while growing up | ||
| Understudied the part of Nora on the national tour of Neil Simon's play "Brighton Beach Memoirs" | ||
1980 | Moved back to New York to study at NYU (date approximate) | |
1985 | Cast in first notable TV role, a small supporting part in the TV-movie "Malice in Wonderland" starring Elizabeth Taylor and Jane Alexander | |
1986 | Acted in her first TV miniseries "Harem" (ABC) | |
1986 | Made Broadway debut in "I'm Not Rappaport,'" starring Judd Hirsch and Cleavon Little (date approximate) | |
1987 | Made her film-acting debut in the comedy hit "Three Men and a Baby" | |
1990 | Reprised the role of Sylvia in the sequel, "Three Men and a Little Lady" | |
1994 | Provided voice for Bernice on the hard-boiled animated series "Duckman" | |
1995 | Played a TV producer and writer on the CBS series "Almost Perfect" | |
1999 | Returned to series TV as Kevin Pollak's co-star on "Work With Me," a short-lived CBS fall sitcom; also served as a co-executive producer | |
2005 | Joined the cast of the coming-of-age story "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," based on the novel by Ann Brashares | |
2007 | Played a supporting role in the romantic drama "The Jane Austen Book Club" | |
2007 | Portrayed the wife of therapist and family man Bill Pearson on "The Bill Engvall Show" (TBS) | |
2010 | Acted in the Lifetime TV-movie "Pregnancy Pact" | |
2011 | Co-starred with Tim Allen on the ABC sitcom "Last Man Standing" | |
