- 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 Grease (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 Superman (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
- 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.
- New York City and Florida (April 2010)
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