Best known for starring as Lucy Bates on the TV series Hill Street Blues, she later became a film and television director, with her first feature being 1995's The Brady Bunch Movie.

Before Fame

She was a high school teacher who waited tables at The Second City before eventually joining the comedy troupe.

Trivia

She started her directing career working on shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Doogie Howser, MD.

Family Life

She was born in St. Louis to Nancy and William H. Nienhauser Sr.

Associated With

She starred alongside Joe Spano on Hill Street Blues.