Unsold pilot: Starred in a sitcom pilot for a series called "Zelda", based on her character from the hit TV series
Dobie Gillis (1959). The project was dropped when rumors
began to circulate that she was a lesbian. When she was passed over for
a promotion in favor of a man with less experience she began to see
major obstacles for women in the job market. She went back to school,
received a law degree from the Harvard Law School and became an
advocate for equal rights as an attorney specializing in feminist causes before being elected to the California State Assembly in 1994.
