Worked as a secretary after graduating from high school in order to earn enough money to enroll in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC.
She was awarded the 2001 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Play for "Death of a Salesman" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Plaintive, reedy-framed, award-winning stage actress ("Sister Mary
Ignatius Explains It All for You" - Obie, 1980) who took her towering,
Tony-winning portrayal of Linda Loman in "Death of a Salesman" to TV in
2000 and earned an Emmy nomination.