2006 Voiced the female Ox in "Ice Age: The Meltdown"
2002 Co-starred with Mike Myers in "Austin Powers in Goldmember"
2000 Appeared in Ron Howard's live action adaptation of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", starring Jim Carrey; Verne Troyer also in the cast
1999 Reteamed with Green for the teen horror comedy "Idle Hands"
1999 Reprised role of Frau Farbissina, with a more central and provocative role, in the summer hit sequel "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"; initial collaboration with actor Verne Troyer who played M
1999 Featured as Kirstie Alley's sidekick and the coordinator of a local teen beauty pageant in Michael Patrick Jann's satire "Drop Dead Gorgeous"
1997 Had featured role as Frau Farbissina, Dr Evil's calculating associate, in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery"; also first collaboration with actor Seth Green who played Dr Evil's son Scott
1984 Joined the Los Angeles based Groundlings comedy troupe (date approximate); worked alongside actors Jon Lovitz and Kathy Griffin
1981 Had a bit part in "The Devil and Max Devlin"
1973 Moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career (date approximate)
1973 Landed a recurring role on the syndicated children's series "Dusty's Treehouse" (date approximate)
1967 Enrolled by father in private acting classes, training in Shakespeare at age 13 (date approximate)
1956 Moved from Paterson, New Jersey to Miami, Florida at age two (date approximate)
Worked in community theater in Miami
Began teaching improvisational acting at Groundlings, counting Keanu Reeves, Lisa Kudrow, Cheri Oteri and Chris Kattan among her students
Met Mike Myers when he did guest stints at Groundlings
