Studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City under the famed method-acting teacher Sanford Meisner
Studied directing at both the American Film Institute and the University of Southern California
Professional screen acting debut came in 1982 on All My Children
Directed more than 30 episodes of the Fox sitcom Married
With Children, while also appearing on-screen as the Bundy's next-door neighbor Marcy D'Arcy for the show's entire 11-season run
After publicly revealing her sexuality in a 1993 magazine interview, she was regarded as one of the first openly gay actors appearing on prime-time television in the U
S
A vocal advocate for LGBT rights, she began serving as an Ambassador for the Federation of Gay Games prior to the seventh quadrennial Gay Games held in Chicago in 2006
