An American actress and activist, born in Portland. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Her father abandoned the family when she was about 9 years old, after which her single mother raised her in the Concordia neighborhood of northeastern Portland. She pursued an...Read more acting career after high school. She eventually moved to Los Angeles and got trained at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts, receiving a scholarship as its most promising student. She began acting in the 1970s and appeared in several films and series, such as All in the Family. She worked in light-hearted TV films in the 1970s, such as Aloha Means Goodbye (1974), and The Great Houdini (1976). She is known for Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) and Five Easy Pieces (1970).
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An American actress and activist, born in Portland. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Her father abandoned the family when she was about 9 years old, after which...Read more her single mother raised her in the Concordia neighborhood of northeastern Portland. She pursued an acting career after high school. She eventually moved to Los Angeles and got trained at the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts, receiving a scholarship as its most promising student. She began acting in the 1970s and appeared in several films and series, such as All in the Family. She worked in light-hearted TV films in the 1970s, such as Aloha Means Goodbye (1974), and The Great Houdini (1976). She is known for Gilmore Girls (2000-2007) and Five Easy Pieces (1970).