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With most of my early career spent in the theater, and later working on television shows, my movie career has been sparse, to say the least. My first experience was in the early 1980's, when I had a very interesting audition with Bob Fosse. I was auditioning to play a make-up lady with about two scenes in the movie "Star 80." I was ushered into Mr. Fosse's office and he asked me to sit on the couch with him, read my scene and pretend to make up his face while he read everyone else's lines. He was the only one there, which was a bit unusual. He was very polite and thoughtful though, and I did get the job -- however when it came out, all of my scenes were cut but one.

You might also catch a teensy, weensy glimpse of me in several other films where I had very small roles. Some of the more notable one's are "Legal Eagles" with Robert Redford, "Forget Paris" with Billy Crystal (I have one line, but it's a good one) and "Who's That Girl"
with Madonna and Griffin Dunne.

I have been in several independent films over the years, and I really enjoy the creative freedom and enthusiasm surrounding these projects. The best parts I've had in my film career have been in two "indie" films. The first, "Always Say Goodbye," won the Los Angeles Film Festival in 1997. It was written, directed and starred Joshua Beckett and I played his mother.

The latest is a film titled "Closing The Deal," written and directed by Art Altounian It's a wonderful romantic comedy and I play an eccentric landlady with frizzy hair and garish clothes, who drinks lots of martinis, has a foul mouth and reads tarot cards. Not too much of a stretch, though I don't read tarot cards. I won an award for Best Supporting Actress for this role at the 2001 Planet Indie Film Festival and the film has won several awards in 2001, including Best Picture at the Temecula Valley Film Fesitval and Best Screenplay at the AFFMA Awards.