Actress. She will be best remembered for her role as 'Sylvia Rosenberg' in the film, "Altered States" (1980). The film which was directed by Ken Russell, and written for the screen by Paddy Chayefsky, and which also starred Bob Balaban, Blair Brown, and William Hurt, tells the story of a psycho-physiologist who experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories. The film was also nominated for two Oscars. She is also best remembered for her role of 'Wendy Wittner' in five episodes of the Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano television comedy series, 'Who's The Boss" from 1985 to 1987, and as 'Ellen Colbert' in twelve episodes of the Thomas Haden Church and Debra Messing television comedy series, "Ned And Stacey" from 1995 to 1996. She was born as Dori Lois Levine in Manhattan, New York, on December 16, 1946, but she grew up in Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York. She was educated locally and later attended the Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, and the Yale School of Drama in New Haven, Connecticut. She made her Broadway stage debut in New York City in the role of 'Cpl. Shulman' in the play, "Unlikely Heroes," which ran from October 26, 1971, to November 13, 1971. Her other stage plays include playing the role 'Sheila' in "Epstein," and playing the role of a "Nurse' in "Eli, The Fanatic." She was also a member of the ensemble acting company with Lee Allen, Paul Ballantyne, Bernard Behrens, Fran Bennett, Ivar Brogger, Barbara Bryne, James Cahill, Jeff Chandler, Oliver Cliff, Lance Davis, Libby Dean, Harold Dixon, Pauline Flanagan, Erick Fredericksen, Larry Gates, Peter Michael Goetz, Donna Haley, Douglas Hamilton, June Havoc, Dennis Jay Higgins, Joy Javits, Nicholas Kepros, Marie Lillo, J.R. Marks, Fred Pinkard, Gerald J. Quimby, Wilberto Rosario, Sheridan Thomas, George Vogel, Cynthia Wells, and Kenneth Welsh, of the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during the 1973 season. She appeared in the comedy film, "Scarecrow In A Garden Of Cucumbers" (1972), with Holly Woodlawn and David Margulies, but she made her actual credited film debut in the drama film, "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (1973), in which she shared the screen with actress Joanne Woodward. Besides, "Scarecrow In A Garden Of Cucumbers" (1972), "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (1973), and "Altered States" (1980), her many other film credits include, "All Together Now" (1975), "The Other Side Of The Mountain" (1975), "Next Stop, Greenwich Village" (1976), "The Sad And Lonely Sundays" (1976), "I Want To Keep My Baby!" (1976), "Sex And The Single Parent" (1979), "The Oasis" (1984), "Obsessed With A Married Woman" (1985), "I Dream Of Jeannie...Fifteen Years Later" (1985), "Baby Boom" (1987), "The Operation" (1990), "Opposites Attract" (1990), "The Last To Go" (1991), "For The Boys" (1991), "Sworn To Vengeance" (1993), "Silent Victim" (1993), "Grandpa's Funeral" (1995), and "Infinity" (1996). Besides, the five episodes of "Who's The Boss" (1985-1987), and the twelve episodes of "Ned And Stacey (1995-1996), her many other television credits include, "Kojack," "Archer," "The Law," "Ellery Queen," "Delvecchio," "The Love Boat," "What Really Happened To The Class Of '65?" "Having Babies," "Trapper John, M.D." "Aloha Paradise," "Hill Street Blues," "CBS Afternoon Playhouse," "Cassie & Co." "At Ease," "Cagney & Lacey," "The Paper Chase," "Night Court," "The Charmings," "Falcon Crest," "Mancuso, FBI," "Equal Justice," "Sons And Daughters," "American Playhouse," "Sisters," "2000 Malibu Road," "Wings," "The Cosby Mysteries," "The Steve Harvey Show," "You're The One," "Party Of Five," "Bull," and the television mini-series, "Seventh Avenue," for which she was nominated the Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 1977. Her last role in a stage play was as 'Reva' in the Off-Broadway production of, "Hurrah At Last" (1999), at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. Her last film credit was the comedy, "Sunset Strip" (2000), in which she played the role of a doctor. Her oldest sister was award-winning author Ellen Levine. Her other sister, Mada Levine Liebman, was a senior advisor to United State Senators Frank Raleigh Lautenberg and Jon Stevens Corzine. She was also once a close friend and confidante of the legendary actress Bette Davis. She passed away following a battle with cancer at her home in Los Angeles, California, on September 16, 2000, at the age of 53, and she was buried in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York, where several other famous New Yorkers are also laid to rest. She never married nor had any children, but she was survived by her two sisters, a niece, and a nephew.