Chrisanne and I on our wedding day at The Bailwick Theatre December 4 1995

Bobby (4 years old) and Scott (8 months). Underneath the shade of a fine Oak tree.

Scott at 6 years old. Me before the invention of silicone.

Papal (Chrisanne's Grandfather) Chrisanne, and Nannee (Grandmother) on Papal's boat. Sailing, the thing Chrisanne loves almost more than me.

Frieda and Mimi (my Mother). Two best friends.

My favorite picture of my Dad. He's conducting at The Civic Light Opera House in California. Now I know where I get my obsessiveness from.

Me, kneeling in my Capezios, in a failed attempt to become s SERIOUS dancer. Our group was called Dansation. We weren't.

Shante. The transformation begins, and boy do I have attitude.

Shante, some guy, Diana McKay (my Hero in the late 70's) and Danielle. HE seems happy, doesn't he?

Me, Kelly Lauren (my Bridesmaid at my wedding), and Maya Douglas. From The Baton days. I saw Maya not too long ago, and she looks EXACTLY the same. I think she's got a portrait of herself in her attic.

Troi. Adventure Cat.

Uhura. Scaredy Cat.

Tatiana. Psycho Cat.

Jamie Pachino, (as Alice Tokals) and me (as Gertrude Stein) in my first dramatic play at Straw Dog Theatre. This was directed by Chrisanne Blankenship, and at the time, I had no idea it was a comedy.

Chrianne and I at Honey West's Birthday party.

Chrisanne and I living out my fantasy.

My Mother In Law with a Bugs Bunny hat on.

Jan and Jim Blankenship. My parents-in-Law. I've known them since I was 14 years old. Which was only 10 years ago. Do the math.

From L to R.: Chrisanne, Tamara (Jay's wife), Jay, (Chrisanne's brother) Jan, Little Jacob (in her lap) me, and Jim. Eating.

A picture taken by my Father In Law at their house on the lake. Magnificent.

Me (with flaming red hair) and my good friend Jackie Hoffman. She was recently on Broadway in "Hairspray". The funniest woman on earth.

Me as Joy in "Shadowlands" and Brendan who played my son. I loved doing this show. It was directed by Chrisanne.

Michael Sanders. My adopted brother, and a genius of a make up artist.

Me as "Chieko Shima", in my first grown up musical Son Of Fire, at The Bailiwick, directed by David Zak.

From L to R.: Mimi, Me, Chili Pepper (part of our family), my brother Bob, Chrisanne, and my Dad. We're celebrating Mimi and Bob's birthday at the Pump Room, and we ran into Chili. Color me surprised.

Me and Mike Nessbaum in my first show at The Steppenwolf: Time To Burn. Mike's reading the funnies.

Mariann Mayberry, Paul Mullins, and myself backstage after a performance of "Time To Burn". We were the three musketeers.

The cast of Time To Burn in the hallway of Steppenwolf. I blew the bubbles. Maryanne Mayberry is catching them in her mouth. This is what serious actors do.

From L. to R.: Tina Landau (director of Time To Burn) Irma P. Hall, Me, and the adorable Paul Mullins at the Joseph Jefferson Awards. We won that night for Best Ensemble. I'm wearing aluminum foil.

Me as "Bad Xena", in Xena-Live! at About Face Theatre. Am I butch or what?

Tom Irwin and me at his house in California. Tom and I did "Space" together at the Steppenwolf.
Cu-u-u-u-u-ute.

From L. to R.: Tim Zingelman (another part of our family...he IS Macgyver), Chrisanne, and my Dad at the opening night party of "Gypsy". David Zak cast me as Rose, and it was a dream come true. This was the last picture of my Father before he passed.

The last picture of me and Mimi taken in her home in Laguna Hills. She and I came full circle.

Honey West (one of my best friends) and I singing like idiots at her Birthday party.

Me at the Gentry being far too dramatic.

Me and Ralph Lampkin on the photo shoot for our first CD "Being Alive". The picture was snapped by the delicious Brian Mconkey. Ralph is the of friend that always keeps me laughing, even when things aren't so funny. We've known each other since 1982.

Cutie pie Jacob Hoffman, and musician extraordinairre Trey Maclin, also backstage.

More pics backstage: Russ Long, the finest musican I know, and singer/actor Stephen Rader. We couldn't have done the project without any of these people.

Lindsay and Jamie Jones. Remember Jamie from the top of the pics? This is the reason the CD Ralph and I finished: "The Story Goes On", was developed. For Huck. He would be the one in the oven.

Me at the I Love Lucy Museum at Universal Studios. Lucy....my hero.

Me by the Hollywood sign during the filming of my first movie for ABC: "Romy and Michelle-In the Beginning".

Me as "Donna", in Romy and Michelle. I had a chair with my name on it. I felt special.

Me waving out of my trailor like Joan Crawford. "You expect me to ignore my FANS?? They are life and death to me BABY!"- JC

The cast of Romy and Michelle at a wrap dinner. In the middle is the brilliant Robin Schiff (director extraordinairre). Look at me surrounded by all these gorgeous girls, and clutching on the only man at the table thinking: "My youth! My youth! Where did it go??!"

Chrisanne at Universal Studios, with her head in a shark.

From L. to R.: Maryanne Lopinto, Yummy Karen Mason, and me. We performed at Maryanne's "Cabaret On The Record", at Arci's Place in New York.

Erv Rabel and I during the MAC Awards in New York.

Jim Flint, owner of The Baton, me and Chrisanne at The Gentry on State Street.

Me and Linda Clifford backstage. Nice hair, Alex.

Me and my good friend Barb Wolf at The Gentry on State.

Mike Checuga, one of our dearest friends, and a heck of a single guy. He quit smoking Ladies, don't be afraid.

Norman (my makeup guy) and me as "Lois" in an episode of "Karen Sisco" for ABC. It was a great group of people, and Norman and I laughed ourselves into a coma.