At age 13, walked over the Brooklyn Bridge to Manhattan to "seek my fortune in the the Big Apple" and lying about her age made her stage debut in "The Bells" at the Davenport Free Theatre, NY

Off-Broadway debut, "Naked" and "Earth Spirit" at the Provincetown Playhouse

Founder, manager, producer and director, Tempo Playhouse, NY

Stage producing and directing debut, "The Typewriter" at Tempo Playhouse, NY

Broadway acting debut, "Monique"

Played Rose Fraser on TV soap opera, "From These Roots"

Film acting debut, "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon"

Directed inaugural production of the New York Shakespeare Festival at Lincoln Center, David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room" (she was replaced before the opening by Joseph Papp)

TV movie debut, "The Last Tenant"

Dialogue coach and technical advisor on "Prizzi's Honor"

Dialogue coach, "Moonstruck"