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 is noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups.

She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton.

She was then left to her father, who did not take part in the crash, and he was later killed by Jaqueline Natla, a recurring character in the series, leaving Lara an orphan.

She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1986 and received a recurring role in the television series Brothers.

She has also had a recurring role on the TBS show Tyler Perry's House of Payne, and she has a guest role on USA Network's Burn Notice.

She continues to portray Delphina on a recurring basis as of 2011.

She appeared in 33 episodes between 1991 and 1997, and was one of the first actresses to portray an openly lesbian recurring character on American television.

She had a recurring role on the NBC show Surface ( 2005 – 06 ).

She also had a recurring role on the sitcom Living with Fran, playing Fran Drescher's character's cousin, Merrill.

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.

She appeared on the dramatic series The West Wing for four years ( 2002 – 2006 ) in the recurring role of presidential secretary Deborah Fiderer.

She is currently on recurring status on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Roxanne .< ref >

She also had recurring roles during the second season ( 1991 – 1992 ) of the NBC hit The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

She appeared opposite Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier in the award-winning 1975 television film Love Among the Ruins and had a recurring role as Gran in the BBC comedy series Till Death Us Do Part.

She also had a brief recurring role in 2011 as Ruby on the television series House.

She continued television work into the early 1970s, appearing as a recurring character in Nanny and the Professor, starring Richard Long and Juliet Mills.

She had a recurring role as Kathy Fleisher in three episodes of season one of the Bob Newhart sitcom Bob ( CBS, 1992 – 1993 ), a role she played after taking part in the memorable series finale of Newhart's previous series Newhart.

She starred as " Rhoda the Robot " in the TV series My Living Doll ( 1964 – 1965 ), and is known for her recurring role in the 1960s TV series Batman as the Catwoman, the " purrfect " villainess.

She played a recurring role as Sophie Devere in the NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from 2005 to 2009.

She also had a recurring role as Joy Turner's ( who made many jokes of Marlee's deafness at her expense ) public defender in My Name Is Earl and played the mother of one of the victims in an episode of CSI: NY.

She also appeared in many other television series during her career, most notably in a recurring role as Grace Keefer on the ABC daytime drama All My Children and a supporting role as Ella Mae Farmer, a statistics clerk for the Washington, D. C. police department, on the CBS crime drama The District.

She appeared in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, 1993's Menace II Society and other urban-oriented films ; had a recurring role on the television show Martin as Keylolo, the sidekick of comedian Martin Lawrence's alter ego Sheneneh ; and appeared on other TV shows, including the Fox network's New York Undercover.

She received her third Emmy nomination in 1989 for the recurring role of Marion Gilbert in A Different World.

She made several guest appearances, including a recurring role on the western comedy Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel ( with whom she had worked on Gidget ) and Ben Murphy, plus she played in the Rod Serling's Night Gallery episode " Whisper ".