Film acting and directing classes were mandated for all film students in the Entertainment Studies Department at UCLA, where she taught for 15 years (1990-2004).
Gives seminars in acting and directing at film schools and universities. Taught film acting and directing at UCLA for 17 years.
Has one daughter with James Stacy.
Her mother, dancer Inga Wiere, was a younger sister of entertainer Harry Wiere and the other Wiere Brothers.
The daughter of dancers Jon Zerby and Inga Wiere, who were known as The Dancing Zerby's, a successful nightclub act in the 1940s and 1950s.
While her parents were performing at The Carousel Club in Dallas, Texas she was babysat by the owner of the club, Jack Ruby.
While her parents, The Dancing Zerbys, were appearing in a Las Vegas showroom, she made her debut at the age of three, when the comedian introduced her on stage one night as the "manager" of the show. She kept the role and stayed in the act until she was old enough to go to school.