- Winner of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as old Edith Bouvier Beale in "Grey Gardens".
- Ms. Wilson grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was a doctor specializing in the treatment of tuberculosis. He moved his family south when he was asked to work at Ochsner Hospital.
- Played cocktail waitress Ginny, Bonnie Franklin's friend and neighbor on the second season of "One Day at a Time".
- Nominee for the 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for "Grey Gardens".
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival of "Cabaret."
- Played stripper Tessie Tura opposite Angela Lansbury's Rose in the 1974 revival of "Gypsy" and was Ms. Lansbury's understudy as well.
- Tall, intimidating, dark-haired veteran American character actress who has reaped numerous awards on the Broadway and off-Broadway stage, including both Obie and Drama Desk awards for her one-woman show "Full Gallop" as Diana Vreeland, a play she co-authored.
- Starred in the hit revised Broadway musical 'Cabaret' as Fräulein Schneider along with Alan Cumming (X2) and Natasha Richardson (The Parent Trap). She was nominated for "Best Featured Actress in a Musical" however missed out on the title. The production, nominated for a total of ten 1998 Tony Awards, won four: Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (Alan Cumming), Best Actress in a Musical (Natasha Richardson), and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Ron Rifkin).
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