Her last big-screen appearance came in the spectacular disaster film The Towering Inferno ( 1974 ), in which she danced with Fred Astaire before a fire threatened partygoers in a new San Francisco skyscraper who were celebrating its official opening as tallest building in the world.

Her break came when she was discovered by Jack Nicholson in the reception room of Paramount's New York office and was cast as the female lead in his second directorial effort, the 1978 Western Goin ' South.

She was married to James Rennie ( actor ) ( 1890 – 1965 ), a Canadian-born actor who was her co-star in Remodeling Her Husband ( filmed in 1920, it was directed by Dorothy's older sister, Lillian, in her only directorial outing ).

Her first directorial credit was Bastard Out of Carolina ( 1996 ), followed by Agnes Browne ( 1999 ), in which she both directed and starred, and then Riding the Bus with My Sister ( 2005 ).

" Her forthcoming releases include Deepti Naval's directorial debut titled, Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Char Aane Ki Barish and Rohit Kaushik's Badalte Chehere.

Her feature-length directorial debut, Saving Grace B. Jones, was released in 2009.

Her time on suspension allowed her to spend her time observing the filming and editing processes, which would aid her in her directorial endeavors.

Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut Ankur ( 1974 ).

Her directorial debut, the semi-autobiographical Channel 4 drama The Unloved, written in collaboration with Tony Grisoni, was first broadcast on 17 May 2009.

Her position was Assistant Art Director, while Coppola was making his directorial debut with the film.

Her second directorial effort was The Heartbreak Kid.

Polley made her feature film directorial debut with Away from Her, for which she won a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Her final film was the B movie Sweet Kill ( 1973 ), the directorial debut of future Academy Award winner Curtis Hanson.

Her first major role was the same year when she starred in her then husband's directorial debut Mon Idole.

Her earliest notable film role was in the 1971 movie Play Misty for Me, in which she played a young woman with borderline personality disorder stalking a disc jockey ( played by Clint Eastwood in his directorial debut ), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Motion Picture Actress-Drama category.

Her 2009 directorial debut Serious Moonlight stars Meg Ryan with a script by the late Adrienne Shelly, Hines's co-star in Waitress.

Her breakthrough directorial work began with several drama series and short documentaries on 16mm for the Television Broadcasts Limited ( TVB ) television station.

He assumed directorial duties for the 1998 TV series His and Her Circumstances after Anno abruptly left the project.

Hunt then acted as second unit or action unit director until his directorial debut, the sixth James Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon.

Some of his other notable directorial work was with The Keys of the Kingdom in 1944 and the 1945 film noir, Leave Her to Heaven with Gene Tierney who was nominated for Best Actress.

Her directorial career in feature films spanned from the late 1920s into the early 1940s, a time period in which there were very few — if any — other women working in the field.

Her latest directorial project was Just Wright with Queen Latifah and Common, which was released on May 14, 2010.

Her lone directorial credit is as co-director with Malcolm Ingram for Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party, an extensive 3 + hour documentary on the making of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Her debut over, perhaps the earlier scenes will emerge equally fine.

Her debut at Teatro alla Scala took place in 1842 as " Neocle " in the Italian version of Le siège de Corinthe, which was followed by roles in operas by Marliani, Donizetti ( as " Maffio Orsini "), Salvi and Pacini.

Her early acting pursuits led her to the stage, most notably a Broadway debut in Strindberg's The Father alongside Raymond Massey.

Her film debut was a small part in Francis Ford Coppola's 1982 film One from the Heart.

Her sensual performance in her English-language debut The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.

Her London debut as " Lola Montez, the Spanish dancer " in June 1843 was successful, but she had been recognized as Mrs. James and a scandal arose over the imposture.

Her theatrical debut was in the thriller TAG: The Assassination Game ( 1982 ) and as a result, she was listed as one of twelve " Promising New Actors of 1982 " in John Willis ' Screen World, Vol 34.

Her debut single, " Angry Johnny ", got much radio and MTV airplay.

Her debut album Been Waiting earned her seven nominations at the 2009 ARIA Music Awards, winning the award of ' Highest Selling Single ' for " Running Back ".

( Death's debut story, " The Sound of Her Wings " from issue # 8, appeared both at the beginning of early editions of The Doll's House and at the end of Preludes and Nocturnes, creating overlap between the first two volumes.

Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay!

The new incarnation of the Misfits released their debut album American Psycho in 1997 and filmed music videos for the songs " American Psycho " and " Dig Up Her Bones ".

Her debut studio album, Auf der Maur, was released in 2004 and her second studio album, Out of Our Minds, was released in 2010.

Her debut performance, as the mother who calls out to her merry-go-round-riding child, can be seen in first season's memorable fifth episode " Walking Distance ", and her second, the most prominent of the four, in the episode videotaped immediately before this one, " The Whole Truth ", where she and Jack Ging play a newly married couple considering the purchase of one of the substandard vehicles in the lot of used-car dealer Jack Carson.

Her debut album, Ancient Heart, produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke, was released in September 1988 when she was 19 years old.

Her international self-titled debut studio album Belinda was released in Mexico by Sony BMG and RCA Records on August 5, 2003 and became as great a success in many different countries, as it was in Mexico, selling over 2. 5 million copies worldwide.

She started her career as a 4-year-old, appearing in a hot dog commercial Her debut role was in the sitcom Valerie in 1987 when she played Pamela, the niece of Mrs. Poole ( Edie McClurg ).

Her big screen debut was in Hue and Cry, in 1947, followed with performances in Nicholas Nickleby, The Winslow Boy, The History of Mr Polly, Scott of the Antarctic, Mother Riley Meets the Vampire and Dickens ' The Pickwick Papers.

Her debut album, At Last !, was released in late 1960 and was noted for its varied choice in music from jazz standards to blues numbers to doo-wop and rhythm and blues ( R & B ).

Her debut Mercury recording session took place in February 1954 and she stayed with the label through 1959.

Her debut at the Australian Open, Williams defeated younger sister Serena in the second round, which was the sisters ' first professional meeting.

Her debut album, La Chica Dorada ( 1992 ) was released under EMI Music, followed by 24 Kilates ( 1993 ).

Her debut English album gave Paulina the international recognition she had sought after for years.

Her popularity had been steady since her debut in 1909.