She worked extensively in local theatre in the early 1970s, including at the Long Wharf Theatre in
New Haven, Connecticut, where she appeared in productions of
Solitaire/Double Solitaire (1971), which was later staged on
Broadway at the
John Golden Theatre. and also appeared in numerous plays at the
Actors Theatre of Louisville, including roles in productions of
Tom Stoppard's
The Real Inspector Hound and
Bertolt Brecht's
The Threepenny Opera. She made her film debut in
Monte Hellman's
Cockfighter (1974), opposite
Warren Oates and
Harry Dean Stanton, and then appeared in the creature horror film
Squirm (1976). She would appear in several television series, including
Starsky and Hutch and
The Rockford Files, before having a supporting role in
The Goodbye Girl (1977). == Filmography ==