milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Patterson and Hawthorne, New Jersey
1965 
Moved to NYC
1968 
Began career as a back-up singer with a folk rock group, the Wind in the Willows
1974 
Formed the band Blondie with Chris Stein
1976 
Released debut album, Blondie
1978 
Feature acting debut, "The Foreigner"
1978 
Released the album, Parallel Lines that included the smash hit single "Heart of Glass"
1980 
First film song credit, "One Way or Another" from the film "Little Darlings"
1980 
Sang the single "Call Me" from the film "American Gigolo"; garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Original Song
1981 
Began her solo career with the album Koo Koo
1981 
Provided songs for John Waters' cult hit, "Polyester"
1982 
The band called it quits and announced their split
1983 
Appeared with Andy Kaufman in the short-lived Broadway play "Teaneck Tanzi"
1983 
Made her major motion picture debut in the David Cronenberg film "Videodrome"
1986 
Released her second solo album Rockbird
1986 
Played the title character in "Forever, Lulu"
1988 
Played the villainous Velma Von Tussle in John Waters' "Hairspray"
1989 
Had a recurring role on CBS' "Wiseguy"
1991 
Made TV-movie debut in Showtime's "Intimate Stranger"
 
Teamed up with NYC avant-garde jazz ensemble The Jazz Passengers; permanent member between 1994-1998
1995 
Offered a dramatic turn in James Mangold's "Heavy"
1998 
Resumed duties as lead vocalist of Blondie; the following year released No Exit with the single "Maria"
2003 
Released Blondie's eighth studio album, The Curse of Blondie
2005 
Played the lead in Henry S. Miller's short film "I Remember You Now"
2006 
Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2007 
Joined Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour for the Human Rights Campaign
2007 
Re-teamed with director Henry S. Miller for the psychological thriller "Anamorph"
2008 
Featured in David Munro's feature film "Full Grown Men"
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