* Richard Dysart in both the television film Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair ( 1993 ) and in the 1995 film Panther.

Her parents were the film producer Wilbur Stark ( 1912 – 1995 ) and New York television host Kathi Norris ( 1919 – 2005 ).

Her stories have been included in numerous anthologies and a few have had radio and television adaptations.

Her other television roles include recurring appearances as Marelene on Dharma & Greg, and Penny in two episodes of Dead Like Me.

Her first publicly known romance was with actor Lorenzo Lamas, with whom she made an appearance in the television series The Love Boat in which two friends ( Lorenzo and Melissa ) resist the matchmaking efforts of their parents.

Her other notable film roles include Sara in Runaway Train in 1985, Helen McCaffrey in the thriller Backdraft in 1991, her portrayal of the chillingly twisted nanny Peyton Flanders in the popular 1992 thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and as Wendy Torrance in Stephen King's 1997 television adaptation of The Shining.

Her television credits include Sarah, Plain and Tall, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End, Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story, In the Gloaming and The Lion in Winter.

Her habits were often parodied ( with relative affection ) by the satirical 1980s television programme Spitting Image – which portrayed her with a Birmingham accent ( modelled on actress Beryl Reid ) and an ever-present copy of the Racing Post.

Her appointment was called " one of the most important television developments of the decade ".

Her most mainstream and well-received role was as Laotian refugee Keo Sirisomphone in Michael Landon's 1983 American television movie, Love Is Forever, in which she was credited as Moira Chen.

Her notable guest appearances on American television during the 1960s and 1970s included Batman, The Virginian, Mission: Impossible, Police Woman and the notable Star Trek episode, " The City on the Edge of Forever ".

Her first professional screen experience was as an extra in the three part TF1 television series Dorothée, danseuse de corde ( 1983 ) directed by Jacques Fensten, which was followed by a similarly small role in the provincial television film Fort bloque directed by Pierrick Guinnard.

On 15 April 1984, Cooper collapsed and soon after died from a heart attack in front of millions of television viewers, midway through his act on the London Weekend Television variety show Live From Her Majesty's, transmitted live from Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theater roles to her credit.

Her first big break was a lead role in the radio comedy Take It From Here, and television followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career.

Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series A Fine Romance and As Time Goes By.

Her first television appearance was on the pilot for a hip hop television dance show, Graffiti Rock in 1984.

The story of Carrie Buck's sterilization and the court case was made into a television drama in 1994, Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story.

Her performance on the series was met with critical acclaim, and she was a regular winner and nominee at television award shows throughout the 1990s.

Her successful acting career includes a starring role in the television series Private Practice.

Kavner has frequently appeared in Woody Allen films, having roles in Hannah and Her Sisters ( 1986 ), Radio Days ( 1987 ), New York Stories ( 1989 ), Alice ( 1990 ), Shadows and Fog ( 1991 ), the television movie Don't Drink the Water ( 1994 ) and Deconstructing Harry ( 1997 ).

Her film appearances include the role of Ahme in the Beatles film Help!

There he made several public appearances as a solo harpsichordist at benefit concerts for two local musicians, a singer and a harpist, and served as conductor ( from the keyboard ) at the King's Theatre ( Her Majesty's Theatre ), Haymarket, for at least part of this time.

Her appearances were popular ; Lindsay Anderson observed that the public enjoyed seeing her behaving " so bitchy ".

Her appearances in mythology are sparse, but reveal her as a figure of exceptional power and beauty.

Her appearances were sometimes foreshadowed by Molly excusing herself to the kitchen or to have a nap and Fibber wistfully delivering a compliment to her starting, " Ah, there goes a good kid ", upon which the doorbell would ring and Teeny would appear.

Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye ( 1995 ), a role she has played in each James Bond film since.

She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of The Good Companions at Her Majesty's Theatre.

Her performances often featured elaborate show-dance choreography, and she made many appearances on French and Italian TV.

Her appearances, dressed in short skirts and Barbarella boots, with each song having a different costume, were popular in Italy and France.

Her public appearances beside her husband as First Lady were a novelty at home and went a long way in humanizing the country's image.

Her family was absent, other than occasional appearances by her bird-brained mother ( Kathryn Card ), who could never get Ricky's name right.

Her earliest professional stage appearances were as a chorus girl on tour with Guido Thielscher's Girl-Kabarett, vaudeville-style entertainments, and in Rudolf Nelson revues in Berlin.

Her revue, with future TV pioneer Danny Thomas as her opening act, included songs from her films, performances on her musical saw ( a skill she had originally acquired for stage appearances in Berlin in the 1920s ), and a pretend " mindreading " act.

Her film appearances during this era included a remake of My Man Godfrey, Gigi, and It Started with a Kiss.

Her four Twilight Zone appearances, in which she barely utters a couple of words, are spread between the beginning and the end of her brief career.

Her film appearances also include The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne ( 1987 ), Stiff Upper Lips ( 1997 ), Howards End ( 1992 ), and BBC Theatre Night in Joe Orton's farce What the Butler Saw ( 1987 ) playing Mrs Prentice, where the cast included husband Timothy West with Dinsdale Landen and Tessa Peake-Jones, as well as a cameo in The Boys From Brazil ( 1978 ).

Her cabaret and nightclub appearances appearances led to more serious stage work and it was in a play by Arnold Bennett called Mr. Prohack ( 1927 ) that Elsa first met another member of the cast, a rising actor named Charles Laughton.

Her long career has included many films and television programmes, but she is probably best known for starring as Livia in the popular BBC adaptation of Robert Graves's novel, I, Claudius ( BBC2, 1976 ), for which she won the 1977 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress, and for many appearances on the original run of Call My Bluff.

Her relationship with the Wilburn Brothers and her appearances on the Grand Ole Opry, beginning in 1960, helped Lynn become the number one female recording artist in country music.

Her television appearances include parts on Night Court, Silk Stalkings, Riptide, Three's Company, Knight Rider and Wings, and a guest appearance as a villain on the television adaptation of Roger Corman's film Black Scorpion in what would be her final role.