She made her television debut in episodes of Starsky and Hutch (1975) and Laverne & Shirley (1976). She went on to appear in many films, including Beetlejuice (1988), Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988), Last Holiday (2006), and Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl (2016). She also appeared in three episodes of Taxi as Greta Gravas, mother of the character Latka.