An American actress and director, born on July 31, 1939 in Jersey City. She graduated from the Department of Dramatic Arts from Arizona State University. She made her acting debut in 1963 with the TV series Burke's Law. She's best known as Stephanie Forrester in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1987 to 2018. Her other roles include The Towering Inferno (1974) and Days of Our Lives (1966-1975).