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Graduated from Harvard University (specifically, its then female-only Radcliffe College), with a BA in history and literature.

Played a character half her age in ग्रीस (1978).

Provides the voice over for the film about the history of Pearl Harbor shown at the USS Arizona Memorial for the National Park Service.

Won Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "A Day In the Death of Joe Egg." This was followed with five other Tony nominations: as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play), in 1986 for "The House of Blue Leaves;" and as Best Actress (Play), in 1991 for "Six Degrees of Separation," a role she recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title,Six Degrees of Separation (1993), in 1992 for "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun," in 1999 for a revival of "A Lion in Winter," playing Eleanor of Aquitaine, and in 2009 for Best Performance for a Leading Actress in a Musical for the revival of "Pal Joey.".

Auditioned for the role of Lois Lane in सुपरमैन (1978), but lost to Margot Kidder.

Studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

Won a Tony in 1985 for "A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg".

Graduated high school from The Madeira School in McLean, Virginia

She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Hospital (1971) and ग्रीस (1978).

In December of 2004, she was arrested and charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence.

Lived with Dan Gillham from 1990 until his death in 2014.

As of 2018, has never appeared in a Best Picture Oscar nominated film.