Upon meeting director Tony Richardson during a social function at the historic Radio City Music Hall, he was so impressed with her professionalism, charm, and dry wit, that he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision in "The Hotel New Hampshire" (1984). Born into a traditional working-class family, after attaining her degree in theatrical arts from the Julliard School in New York City, New York, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage appearing in such productions as "Arcadia," "Rumors," "High Society," "Accent on Youth," and "Present Laughter". She is best remembered for her portrayal of the tart-tonged Mallory in "Young Guns" (1988). Following her last appearance per a guest spot on the sitcom "Them", she died from complications of a hit and run accident.Īctress. During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a politically active Democrat, had been an activist for the LGBT community, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of Planned Parenthood and Feeding America, was a theatrical instructor for the HB Studio, had been the 1981 recipient of the Theater World Award, and she was married to Wall Street journalist Kathryn Kranhold. Law," "Frasier," "Legacy," "Son of the Beach," "Philly," "One Life to Live," "The Practice," "It's All Relative," "Murder, She Wrote," "NYPD Blue," "The King of Queens," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Six Feet Under," "Jake in Progress," "Boston Legal," "Out of Practice," "Desperate Housewives," "Psych," "The Good Wife," "Law & Order: SVU," "Perception," "NCIS," "Royal Pains," "Once Upon a Time," "Madam Secretary," and "Nashville". On television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Leg Work," "The Equalizer," "Hemingway," "Life Goes On," "China Beach," "American Dreamer," "Sisters," "The Trials of Rosie O'Neill," "Roseanne," "L.A. From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 80 features often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, love interests, businesswomen, city slickers, detectives, reporters, historical figures, nurses, secretaries, educators, doctors, psychiatrists, lawyers, bosses, neighbors, landladies, white-collared workers, attorneys, curmudgeons, and, in her later years, matriarchs.
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