Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the charming Dolly in "Fitzwilly" (1967). Born into a family of wealth and position, one of six children of author and doctor Mather Cleveland and orthopedic Susan Colgate, following her education at the prestigious Miss Porter's School, she attained her degree in theatrical arts from Smith College and began her career as a leading lady on the stage appearing in such productions as "The Glass Menagerie," "Dinner at Eight," "Jane Eyre," "The Children's Hour," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Philadelphia Story," "The Apple Cart," and "Look Homeward, Angel". While attending a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel, she was introduced to Academy Award-winning actress Loretta Young. Impressed by her slim physique, delicate charm, and humble demeanor, upon taking notice of her potential, she arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry, beginning with her appearing under her own supervision, starring alongside her on an episode of "The Loretta Young Show." From there, she would go on to flourish as a familiar character actress, appearing in over 65 features. Often typecast as wives, mothers, grandmothers, old maids, landladies, neighbors, clergywomen, eccentrics, white-collared workers, retail clerks, educators, nurses, housekeepers, librarians, businesswomen, authority figures, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Rabbit Test" (1978), "Lies" (1983), "Psycho III" (1986), "The Whoopee Boys" (1986), "Nowhere to Run" (1989), "Get Your Stuff" (2000), "Donnie Darko" (2001), and "Taking the Wheel" (2002). On television, she appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Dr. Kildare," "Slattery's People," "The Bing Crosby Show," "Family Affairs," "The Immortal," "The Smith Family," "This Is the Life," "Lottery!," "The Jeffersons," "Misfits of Science," "Silver Spoons," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "General Hospital," "Murder, She Wrote," "L.A. Law," "Down Home," "The Antagonists," "Seinfeld," "Dave's World," "Platypus Man," "Kirk," "Hope & Gloria," "Goode Behavior," "NewsRadio," "Suddenly Susan," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Something So Right," "Caroline in the City," "The Famous Jett Jackson," "The Practice," "Diagnosis Murder," "Diagnosis Murder," "The Drew Carey Show," "Party of Five," "Chicago Hope," "ER," "Angel," "The X-Files," "Normal, Ohio," "That's Life," "The Ellen Show," "Just Shoot Me!," "Still Standing," "The Guardian," "Strong Medicine," and "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law". During her career, she was an honorary member of Actors Equity, had been a lifelong member of the Actors Studio, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a politically conservative Republican, was a regular parishioner of the Baptist church, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was among the many founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a commercial model for the Ford Agency, was the celebrity spokeswoman for Lipton's Tea and JCPenney, was the younger sister of the House of Representatives politician James Colgate Cleveland and executive producer Rick Cleveland, had been an authoress of several children's books, was active within her local charters of the United Way and the Boys and Girl Scouts, had sat on the board of directors for the California division of the Homemakers of America, and she was married to fellow character actor Peter Hobbs from 1965 to 1968 (their union ended in divorce and produced no children). While appearing in what would be her final role in "WebcamMurder.com" (2006), she died halfway through production due to cancer complications, and the project was later released posthumously.