She edited and published Lavoisier ’ s memoirs ( whether any English translations of those memoirs have survived is unknown as of today ) and hosted parties at which eminent scientists discussed ideas and problems related to chemistry.

She hosted an annual backyard barbecue for the Santa Monica High School cross country and track team, which her daughters captained.

She hosted again on October 10, 2009, becoming the first female to host six times.

She authored a weekly newspaper column and hosted a radio show.

She hosted 56 state dinners over eight years, compared to six by George and Laura Bush.

She also hosted September 2008's Stand Up to Cancer show.

She also hosted two television specials: Pure Goldie in 1971 and The Goldie Hawn Special in 1978.

She entered and won a talent contest on the television program Sing, Sing, Sing, hosted by 1960s Australian icon Johnny O ' Keefe, performing the songs " Anyone Who Had a Heart " and " Everything's Coming Up Roses ".

She was a guest star in one episode of the popular Ben Casey television series starring Vince Edwards and was a frequent guest on chat shows of the day including numerous appearances on shows hosted by Jack Paar, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, Joe Franklin, Dinah Shore and Johnny Carson.

She produced the first written history of the cultivation of roses, and is believed to have hosted the first rose exhibition, in 1810.

She hosted a section of the Live 8 concert in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2005.

She hosted the USA Network's Reel Wild Cinema for two seasons beginning in 1995.

She led the all-girl orchestra and Odeon Theatre house band the Musical Pirates, said by some to be the first all-female orchestra, and hosted radio programs including The Encouragement Hour, Kansas City, and Gal About Town, Fresno.

She also hosted the PBS series Alive from Off-Center during this time, for which she produced the short film What You Mean We?

She also hosted the 2010 People's Choice Awards.

She may be the popular resident of the City of Destruction, Madam Wanton, who hosted a house party for friends of Mrs. Timorous.

She also hosted the 3rd annual Festival for Cinema of the Deaf in Chicago, October 15 – 18, 2004.

She said, In 1974, Gentry hosted a short-lived summer replacement variety show, The Bobbie Gentry Happiness Hour, on CBS.

She also hosted the television series The Sound of Petula ( 1973 – 74 ), and through the 70s made numerous guest appearances on variety, comedy and game show television.

She later temporarily resigned from the Academy, following the broadcast of a BBC Omnibus television documentary about the preparations for the controversial Sensation exhibition hosted by the Academy in 1997 show-casing the Young British Artists.

She hosted The Backspin ( with DJ Mo ' Dav ), a nationally-syndicated weekly radio show featuring old school hip hop music.

She included prominent historical figures among her subjects, such as Thomas Jefferson as having hosted walk-in spirits who wrote the Declaration of Independence.

She hosted Saturday Night Live on February 16, 1985.

She also hosted the short-lived Free Stuff on G4.

She also underwent breast reduction surgery in 1992, and has said on the subject:

She posed nude for Playboy magazine's May 1992 issue.

She resigned as leader of the Norwegian Labour Party in 1992.

She is mentioned, along with a brief biography, in RFC 1336, Who's Who in the Internet ( 1992 ).

She was a choreographer for Whitney Houston's world tour from 1988 – 1992, and also appeared as a dancer in Natalie Cole's video for " Pink Cadillac " in 1988.

She died on 2 January 1992 after a long battle with cancer.

She later appeared in several films, such as Love Potion No. 9 ( 1992 ), The Thing Called Love ( 1993 ) and Fire on the Amazon.

She was also nominated in 1989, 1991, and 1992.

She was commissioned on 4 July 1992 and is currently in active service.

She first appeared in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer before going on to appear in the television series and subsequent comic book of the same name.

She also appeared in Woody Allen's Alice ( 1990 ), and Eugene Levy's Once Upon a Crime ( 1992 ), as well as several television films.

She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas ( 1991 ), Patriot Games ( 1992 ), Hocus Pocus ( 1993 ), Monkey Trouble ( 1994 ), Now and Then ( 1995 ), and Alaska ( 1996 ).

She appeared in two Harrison Ford films, Patriot Games ( 1992 ) and its sequel, Clear and Present Danger ( 1994 ), where she played Sally Ryan, the daughter of Ford's character Jack Ryan.

She then landed a contract with a major label, Virgin Records, recording Play Me Backwards ( 1992 ) for Virgin shortly before the company was purchased by EMI.

She would later make her Broadway debut in the same play in 1992 starring opposite Simon Jones.

She had an uncredited role in the 40 minute family short " Classic Stories for Children " in 1992.

She has had her greatest commercial successes with Batman Returns ( 1992 ), What Lies Beneath ( 2000 ), and Hairspray ( 2007 ).

She was the 400 m champion at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

She began astronaut training in 1984, and in 1992 was designated Payload Specialist for the first International Microgravity Laboratory Mission ( IML-1 ).

She last appeared in the 1991 episode, " Menage a Luke " after missing the two prior episodes where her problem is very obvious in some scenes, and did not return until the last two shows of the series in the late spring of 1992, although she was not nearly recovered at this point.

Those songs that went the distance on other charts, but not Billboard ( although all were top five hits on the Billboard chart ), are " Here We Are " and " Then Again " ( 1991 ); " Born Country " and " Take a Little Trip " ( 1992 ); " Once Upon a Lifetime " ( 1993 ); " Give Me One More Shot ," " She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl " and " In Pictures " ( 1995 ); " Sad Lookin ' Moon " ( 1997 ); and " How Do You Fall in Love " ( 1998 ).

She appeared in five of Madonna's music videos -– " Papa Don't Preach ," " True Blue " ( both 1986 ), " Justify My Love " ( 1990 ), " Deeper and Deeper " ( 1992 ) and " Music " ( 2000 ).

She also created Caras in 1992, which she headed until 2002.

She is perhaps best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom, The Bob Newhart Show, and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on the animated series The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992.

She currently has a recurring role on The Simpsons as Edna Krabappel, which earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and she has appeared in over 100 episodes.