- Husband Edward Binns was 25 years her senior. They married in 1983. He died seven years later.
- Raised in Akron, Ohio, she saw the Loretta Young film The Bishop's Wife (1947) when she was young and decided then to become an actress.
- 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.
- Won Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman." Was also nominated two other times in the same category: in 1983 for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and in 2002 for a revival of "Morning's at Seven."
- She was awarded the 1999 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Death of a Salesman" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
- National Theatre, London, making her UK stage debut in a major revival of "Buried Child" by Sam Shepard. (September 2004)
- On Broadway in "Mornings at Seven" (2002)
- Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1962.
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