Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).
Daughter, Juliana Tyson (born March 27th 1985), with ex-husband Bruce Tyson.
Originally cast to play the lead character Celeste in My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988).
Originally cast to play the lead character Terry Dolittle in Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986).
Originally cast to play the lead character Tess McGill in Working Girl (1988).
Returned to work four months after giving birth to her daughter Juliana Tyson when she began filming the fourth series of "Cheers" (1982).
She was awarded the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Wellsapoppin" at the Second City Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Shortly before starting work on "Cheers" (1982), she made an unsold sitcom pilot called: "Ghost of a Chance", in which she was a newlywed haunted by the ghost of her first husband.
Was eight months pregnant with her daughter Juliana Tyson when she completed filming the third series of "Cheers" (1982).
Wore a wig on the set of "Cheers" because she didn't want the hot set lights to damage her hair.