Worked as drama teacher at the Milton Academy, Massachusetts

Stage debut at a Bryn Mawr summer theater in "The Glass Menagerie" and "Angel Street"

Acted with the Arena Stage in Washington, DC

Off-Broadway debut, "Thieves' Carnival"

Broadway debut, "The Skin of Our Teeth"

TV debut, "The Great Bank Robbery" on "Omnibus" (CBS)

Played Toni Prentiss Davis on CBS daytime drama "Love of Life"

Film debut, "Up the Down Staircase"

Earned critical praise and a Tony Award for her performance in Neil Simon's short-lived "The Good Doctor"

Co-starred in NBC sitcom "Under One Roof", a revamped version of "Spencer"

London stage debut, "The Way at Home"

Played recurring role of Esther Clavin, mother of Cliff (John Ratzenberger) on NBC comedy "Cheers"

Starred opposite Keith Szarabajka in short-lived CBS drama "Stephen King's Golden Years"

Played Karen Allen's mother on short-lived CBS family drama "The Road Home"

Garnered second Tony Award as Aunt Lavinia in the revival of "The Heiress"

Had recurring role of Millicent Carter on the NBC drama "ER"

Returned to the NYC stage in "The Exact Center of the Universe"

Cast as Bunny MacDougal, mother of Trey, Charlotte's first husband on "Sex and the City" (HBO)

Starred on Broadway in the revival of Edward Albee's "Seascape"

Played Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick)'s disapproving Southern mother in the TNT series, "The Closer"

Co-starred in Frank Darabont's thriller "The Mist"