Early life

Vaccaro was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents Christine M. (née Pavia) and Mario A. Vaccaro, a restaurateur.

She was raised in Dallas, Texas, where her parents co-founded Mario's Restaurant, in 1943, converting it from Dutch's Cafe. and where Vaccaro graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School.

She returned to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1961 comedy Everybody Loves Opal, for which she won a Theatre World Award.

Career

Vaccaro's Broadway credits include The Affair (1962), Cactus Flower (1965), How Now, Dow Jones (1967), The Goodbye People (1968), the female version of The Odd Couple, (1985), and Jake's Women (1992). The husky-voiced actress is a three-time Tony Award nominee, for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Cactus Flower), Best Actress in a Musical (Dow Jones), and Best Actress in a Play (The Goodbye People).

Vaccaro appeared with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the 1975 film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough she gained an Academy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

Additional screen credits include Airport '77, Capricorn One, The Pride of Jesse Hallam, Supergirl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Heart of Midnight, Zorro, The Gay Blade and House by the Lake, also known as Death Weekend.

Her television credits include the title role in the 1976 series Sara, a number of television movies, and a regular role in the short-lived 1984 series Paper Dolls, in addition to guest appearances on Banacek, The Fugitive, The Defenders, Coronet Blue, The Name of the Game, Marcus Welby, M.D., McCloud, The Streets of San Francisco, The Love Boat, St. Elsewhere, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, Columbo, Touched by an Angel, Friends, The King of Queens, and Nip/Tuck. She was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and won for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music for The Shape of Things in 1974.

She supplied the voice for Johnny Bravo's mother Bunny Bravo in the animated cartoon series. She was the first voice of Jay's (Jon Lovitz)'s ex-wife Ardeth on The Critic. She made an appearance on The Smurfs as Scruple, an apprentice of Gargamel, opposite Paul Winchell.

After ill health forced Valerie Harper to bow out of the production of Nice Work if You Can Get It at the Ogunquit Playhouse (Maine), Vaccaro took over the role of Millicent Winter for the remaining performances of the limited run from August 4-15, 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Where It's At	Molly Hirsch	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress
1969	Midnight Cowboy	Shirley	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
1970	I Love My Wife	Jody Burrows
1971	What's a Nice Girl Like You...?	Shirley	Television movie
1972	Summertree	Vanetta
1972	Going Home	Jenny Benson
1974	The Shape of Things	Unknown role	Television movie Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1975	Once Is Not Enough	Linda Riggs	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1976	Territorial Men	Sara Yarnell	Television movie - compiled from footage shot for the television series Sara
1976	Death Weekend	Diane
1977	Capricorn One	Kay Brubaker	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1977	Airport '77	Eve Clayton
1979	Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider	Grace Wolf
1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Jane Briggs	Television movie
1980	First Deadly Sin, TheThe First Deadly Sin	Monica Gilbert
1981	Zorro, The Gay Blade	Florinda
1981	The Star Maker	Dolores Baker	Television movie
1981	The Pride of Jesse Hallam	Marion Galucci	Television movie
1984	Supergirl	Bianca
1985	Deceptions	Helen Adams	Television movie
1985	Water	Dolores Thwaites
1987	Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, TheThe Jetsons Meet the Flintstones	Didi	Television movie
1988	Heart of Midnight	Betty
1989	Ten Little Indians	Marion Marshall
1989	Cookie	Bunny
1990	Stolen: One Husband	Lisa Jarrett	Television movie
1990	Lethal Games	Stella Hudson
1991	Masque of the Red Death	Elaina Hart
1992	Red Shoes Diaries	Martha	Television movie
1992	Civil Wars	Actress	Episode: "Oceans White the Phone"
1994	Love Affair	Nora Stillman
1996	Mirror Has Two Faces, TheThe Mirror Has Two Faces	Doris
2002	Sonny	Meg
2002	Just a Walk in the Park	Selma Williams	Television movie
2003	Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure	Mrs. Hirsch
2004	Just Desserts	Lina	Television movie
2005	Boynton Beach Club	Marilyn
2010	You Don't Know Jack	Margo Janus	Television movie Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Kamekichi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Naked City	Rosa Alloro	Episode: "The Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street"
1963	Fugitive, TheThe Fugitive	Joanne Spencer	Episode: "See Hollywood and Die"
1972	Marcus Welby, MD	Marilyn Hoffman	Episode: "House of Mirrors"
1972	McCloud	Police Officer Margaret Sereno	Episode: "The Park Avenue Rustlers"
1972	Banacek	Sharon Clark	Episode: "To Steal a King"
1976	Sara	Sara Yarnell	12 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1979	Dear Detective	Det. Sgt. Kate Hudson	4 episodes
1984	Paper Dolls	Julia Blake	13 episodes
1984	St. Elsewhere	Rose Orso	Episode: "The Women"
1984	Love Boat, TheThe Love Boat	Eleanor Savage	2 episodes
1988	Murder, She Wrote	Mimi Harcourt	Episode: "Just Another Fish Story"
1990	Murder, She Wrote	Didi Blair	Episode: "The Fixer-Upper"
1990	Murder, She Wrote	Sheila Kowalski Finley	Episode: "The Family Jewels"
1990	Golden Girls, TheThe Golden Girls	Angela Petrillo	Episode: "Ebbtide's Revenge" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
1990	Columbo	Jess McCurdy	Episode: "Murder in Malibu"
1995	Friends	Gloria Tribbiani	Episode: "The One with the Boobies"
1996	Touched by an Angel	Al	Episode: "Out of the Darkness"
1997	Ally McBeal	Karen Horowitz	Episode: "The Attitude"
1997-2004	Johnny Bravo	Various	55 episodes
1998	King of Queens, TheThe King of Queens	Sheila Rednester	Episode: "Paternal Affairs"
2001	Becker	Bob's Mother	Episode: "The Ghost of Christmas Presents"
2005	American Dad!	Strip Club Manager	Episode: "Stan Knows Best"
2006	Nip/Tuck	Beatrice Madsen	Episode: "Diana Lubey"
2006	War at Home, TheThe War at Home	Barbara	Episode: "The West Palm Beach Story"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]