She was hired and was found to be entirely satisfactory when she played the role eight hours a day.

She played chess with him by postcard.

She played with style and a touch of the grand manner, and every piece she performed was especially effective in its closing measures.

She sat down and played two slots at once, looking grim, as if bested by mechanical devices, and Owen felt sorry for the lay-sisters depending on her support.

She understood sex anyway, and played at it well.

Angela Lansbury, who had played Miss Marple in the movie, The Mirror Crack'd, directed by Guy Hamilton, went on to star in the TV series Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery novelist who also solves crimes.

She is one of a few characters who played a major part in the original cause of the Trojan War itself: not only did she offer Helen of Troy to Paris, but the abduction was accomplished when Paris, seeing Helen for the first time, was inflamed with desire to have her — which is Aphrodite's realm.

She played bit parts in three English-language films, the British comedy Doctor at Sea ( 1955 ) with Dirk Bogarde, Helen of Troy ( 1954 ), in which she was understudy for the title role but appears only as Helen's handmaid, and Act of Love ( 1954 ) with Kirk Douglas.

She dabbled in pop music and played the role of a glamour model.

She played the duet from orbit while Anderson played on the ground in Russia.

She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as the wife of the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work.

She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2009.

She again played the role for the Los Angeles production which began performances on February 7, 2007.

Dolores Agnes Fuller ( born Dolores Eble ; March 10, 1923 – May 9, 2011 ) was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Edward D. Wood, Jr. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role in Bride of the Monster.

She played a wisecracking showgirl who becomes a rival to the film's star, singer Belle Baker.

She became familiar to a new generation of film-goers when she played Principal McGee in both 1978's Grease and 1982's Grease 2, as well as making appearances on such television shows as Alice, Maude and Falcon Crest.

She is addicted to sleeping pills, absorbed in the shallow dramas played on her " parlor walls " ( flat-panel televisions ), and indifferent to the oppressive society around her.

She played first board on the U. S. Women's team in the 38th Chess Olympiad, when the U. S. team scored a bronze medal.

She read books, wrote letters, and played the lute ( see Bartolomeo Tromboncino ).

She finished with only 4 points from 9 games, tied for 6 – 7 place with Jan Timman, who had also played below his rating.

She played a novelty in the opening which she devised over the board.

Kabir also played roles on Dynasty, Murder, She Wrote, Magnum, P. I., Hunter, Knight Rider and Highlander: The Series amongst others.

She also played the part of Camie in the film Star Wars ( 1977 ).

She also played the recurring character Jackie Robbins on ER.

She marries her former " Möwennest " teacher in German and Literature, has a baby girl ( Katharina ) and finally becomes headmistress of Malory Towers, after Miss Grayling ( Frau Greiling ) had been seriously injured in a traffic accident, and is unable to work any longer.

She tells him to save the world and he succeeds in doing so by kicking Frau, diverting it and saving Washington D. C.

She also ventured briefly into the spinto and dramatic soprano repertory with performances of Verdi's Lady Macbeth ( Macbeth ), Strauss's Dyer's Wife ( Die Frau ohne Schatten ), the Marschallin ( Der Rosenkavalier ) and Beethoven's Leonore ( Fidelio ).

She is also frequently equated with Nerthus, who also rides in a wagon, and Odin's wife, Frigg, from her alternate names Frau Guaden, Frau Goden, and Frau Frekke as well as her position as mistress of the Wild Hunt.

She is also called Frau Bercht, Frau Percht, and Striga Holda, among other names.

She died in October 1920 in Zürich, Switzerland apparently after receiving a telegram addressed to her as " Frau Coburg "; she was buried in the Ducal Family's cemetery outside Coburg.

She appeared in the Broadway premiere of Young Frankenstein ( 2007 ) as Frau Blucher, leaving the cast on July 6, 2008.

She soon meets Markus, a student at her school, and falls in love with him, but their relationship is frowned upon by both Markus's mother and Frau Dr. Heller.

She played Frau Jäger in the 1998 film Run Lola Run.

She made her debut with the company on October 22, 1953 portraying three roles ( Fraulein Burstner, Frau Grubach, and Leni ) in the United States premiere of Gottfried von Einem's The Trial.

She remained committed to the NYCO through 1960, where her roles included Alice Ford in Falstaff, Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Countess Almaviva, Cressida in Troilus and Cressida, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Frau Fluth in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Katharina in Vittorio Giannini's The Taming of the Shrew, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Norina in Don Pasquale, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Violetta in La traviata, and the title role in Salome.

She starred in the Met premieres of Macbeth, Nabucco, Ariadne auf Naxos, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Káťa Kabanová.

She was the reigning Empress of Die Frau ohne Schatten and triumphed as Salome, Elektra, Chrysothemis, Ariadne, the Marschallin and Ariadne.

She was especially successful as the Empress ( Kaiserin ) in Die Frau ohne Schatten, the title role in Salome, the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Chrysothemis in Elektra.

She sang Aminta in the first Italian performances of Richard Strauss's Die schweigsame Frau, and Egloge in the 1935 world-premiere of Mascagni's Nerone ( in which she stole all the reviews ), both at La Scala, where she continued to appear until 1955.

She appeared from the 1950s until her death in regular or recurring roles on many sitcoms, including Topper ( as Katie the maid ), The Donna Reed Show ( as Mrs. Wilgus, the Stone's busybody next door neighbor ), Hogan's Heroes ( as Frau Gertrude Linkmeyer, General Burkhalter's sister, who longed to wed Colonel Klink ), Mrs. Kate Harwell, Sandy Duncan's landlady and friend in Funny Face ; I Dream of Jeannie ( as a grouchy supervisor in a false preview of Maj. Nelson's future ), the short-lived prehistoric sitcom It's About Time ( as Mrs. Boss ), and as the voice of Peg Bundy's mom, an unseen character on Married ... with Children.

She had more contact with the Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, who referred to her in his diaries as " eine charmante Frau " (" a charming lady ").

She also had roles in Die Umwege des schönen Karl ( 1937 ), Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan ( 1938 ), Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit ( 1939 ), Trenck, der Pandur ( 1940 ) and Titanic ( 1943 ).

She spent her childhood in the castle of Neuburg, where she was raised by a German governess, Frau von Klau, together with her sisters Maria Sophia, Dorothea Sophia-to whom she was very close-and Hedwig Elizabeth.