Broadway, Film and Television
Foley lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and continues an active career in music and has appeared on Broadway in such shows as Me and My Girl and the revival of Hair and off-Broadway in Beehive. She originated the role of The Witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, but was replaced by Bernadette Peters before the musical opened on Broadway. She eventually played the Witch on Broadway, as of August 1, 1989.
Her best known television acting role is the role of Billie Young on Night Court for one season (1984–85), after which she was succeeded by Markie Post as Christine Sullivan. She was reportly let go from the series because producers felt her relationship with star Harry Anderson was more like that of a brother and sister. She had parts in Miloš Forman's 1979 film adaptation of the stage musical Hair, as well as the films Cocktail, Fatal Attraction and Married to the Mob.
She was also in the short-lived 1977 show 3 Girls 3, co-starring with Debbie Allen and Mimi Kennedy.
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