She continued to gain experience with minor television appearances, and after she auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music, Ransohoff gave Tate walk-on roles in two motion pictures in which he was producer: The Americanization of Emily and The Sandpiper.

She auditioned unsuccessfully for Yves Boisset's Bleu comme l ' enfer and Robin Davis's Hors la loi, but was eventually cast in My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister ( 1986 ) by Jacques Rouffio opposite the popular French stars Michel Serrault and Michel Piccoli.

" She auditioned for admission to Eva LeGallienne's Manhattan Civic Repertory, but was rejected by LeGallienne who described her attitude as " insincere " and " frivolous ".

She auditioned for George Cukor's stock theater company, and although he was not very impressed, he gave Davis her first paid acting assignment anyway — a one-week stint playing the part of a chorus girl in the play Broadway.

She was one of many women who auditioned for the role of Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan's Island.

She auditioned for the role in 1967 but funding problems delayed filming until 1969.

She successfully auditioned for the independent drama school Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in the Wood Green area of North London when she was 18, graduating in July 1994.

She auditioned for this role with her arm in a sling, following a fall a week earlier.

She auditioned for MCA chairman, Bruce Hinton, who praised her talents.

She also auditioned for television advertising.

She auditioned for the part of Regan MacNeil in the film The Exorcist, but the director felt that, with Family Affair still in popular consciousness at the time through daytime reruns, movie audiences might think Buffy was the one being possessed.

She and her R & B group Sista auditioned for DeVante Swing, a producer and member of the successful R & B act Jodeci.

She moved to London to attend the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where her classmates included Naomi Campbell, and she auditioned for the Minipops.

She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now captain of Team B.

She auditioned in her home state of Hawaii.

Sedgwick auditioned for Norman Mailer's play The Deer Park, but Mailer thought she " wasn't very good ... She used so much of herself with every line that we knew she'd be immolated after three performances.

She auditioned for a chance to revive her role from Young Frankenstein in the 2007 Broadway production opposite Megan Mullally ( replacing formerly cast Kristin Chenoweth ) and Roger Bart.

She auditioned for the voice of her own character, but the actress Vicki Lewis was determined to be even more " Lois-y " than Lois Leveen herself, and she was cast in the role instead.

She auditioned three times to be in The Little Group, which was WFAA-TV's Sump ' n Else show's dance group.

She also auditioned for the role of " Number Six " on SCI-FI's smash hit Battlestar Galactica but the role ultimately went to Tricia Helfer.

She initially auditioned for the role of Tara Martin.

She appeared in the horror sequel Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, though she originally auditioned for the part that eventually went to Kim Director.

In 1982, Malick auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Diane Chambers in the NBC sitcom Cheers She played a supporting role in the 1988 film Scrooged as Bill Murray's sister-in-law.

She was discovered by the dramatic tenor / impresario Giovanni Zenatello, who took her to New York where she auditioned for Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera.

She was almost sick when Bobbie came home with the news that Poor John had won the job.

She was forced into patriotism in spite of herself, and the glory won by Salamis was paid for by the loss of her trade and the decay of her marine.

She also won the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature for Living on Light.

She won several other awards from various film critic associations for the performance.

She won so much land for her father's kingdom that Zeus became enraged and changed her into a monster.

She won an award for the Van Halen music video of the song " Right Now ", which she produced.

She won the Logan Medal of the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, and became a member of the National Academy in 1902.

She is best known for playing the title character in the Fox comedy-drama series Ally McBeal for which she won a Golden Globe Award.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards ( World Film Favorite ), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Legend Award from the Society of Singers, Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.

She sang only two songs in the film, " Que Sera, Sera ( Whatever Will Be, Will Be )" which won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and " We'll Love Again ".

She won what would become her most famous acting role, that of Kimberly Drummond on Diff ' rent Strokes.

She won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982.

She knighted Francis Drake after his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580, and he won fame for his raids on Spanish ports and fleets.

She won a listeners ' poll by Radio Mirror magazine as the top ranking comedienne of 1948 – 1949, receiving her award at the end of an Our Miss Brooks broadcast that March.

She has won the U. S. Championship on three other occasions, in 2007, 2010, and 2012.

She has won or shared first in the chess tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid 1994, León 1996, U. S. Open 1998, Hoogeveen 1999, Siegman 1999, Japfa 2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.

She won her first seven games before drawing the final game.

She also won the brilliancy prize for her game against Pavlina Angelova.

She won the match 5½ – 4½ and won the largest prize money to that point in her career of $ 110, 000.

She won the match 5 – 3 by winning two games with the remaining ending in draws.

She won the game with exceptional positional play.

She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia ( 2011 ).

She later directed Blanchett in A Streetcar Named Desire ( play ) at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia, which ran September through October 2009, and then continued from 29 October to 21 November 2009 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where it won a

She won five Grand Slam singles titles ( three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open ).