Born in Florida in 1958, a former Miss Florida & 3rd runner-up Miss USA, she was encouraged by Burt Reynolds to move to Hollywood. She was discovered by advertising her photo, name and phone number on a billboard visible from the 20th Century Fox studios lot. The billboard was seen by Mel Brooks, who phoned and asked her to read for a part in History of the World: Part I. She grew up in Watertown, New York. Married to soundman Raul A. Bruce.
Grew up in Watertown, New York. At the end of the Anchor Bay Entertainment VHS and DVD for the TV-movie pilot of Moonlighting, she reads with both Bruce Willis and Harley Venton during their screen tests for over 16 minutes!