She once considered going into the Peace Corps before becoming an actress. She started in soap operas in the 1970's, and was a soap diva in her day.

Bibi is mom to actress Samantha Mathis, and from what I have read mother and daughter were very close. Bibi was director of the Screen Actors Guild from 1990 until her death.

Sadly, Bibi passed away on September 7, 1996 after an extended battle with cancer. She was 56 years old.

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***Career***

1996: Rattled

1995: Abandoned And Deceived (TV)

Wounded Heart (TV)

My Family

1993: The Last Shot (TV)

1992: Doing Time On Maple Drive (TV)

1991: Crazy From The Heart (TV)

Lonely Hearts

1990: Blue Bayou (TV)

Betsy's Wedding

Tremors

1989: Kill Me Again

Steel Magnolias

1988: Tattle (TV)

Dead Solid Perfect (TV)

1987: Who's That Girl

He's My Girl

Date With An Angel

1986: Mrs. Delafield Wants To Marry (TV)

1985: Hear Me Cry (TV)

1984: Dead Wrong (TV)

Gone Are The Days (TV)

1983: Lady Blue (TV)

The Hamptons (TV Series)

The Day After (TV)

Likely Stories Volume 3

Secrets Of A Mother And Daughter (TV)

1982: The Beast Within

Star Trek 2 The Wrath Of Khan

1981: Skyward Christmas (TV)

Death Of A Centerfold - The Dorothy Stratten Story (TV)

The Sophisticated Gents (TV)

1980: The Plutonium Incident (TV)

Secrets Of Midland Heights (TV Series)

1979: Back Stairs At The White House (TV Mini - Series)

Meteor

Hardcore

Transplant (TV)

The Promise

1978: Tom And Joanne (TV)

Betrayal (TV)

1977: Peter Lundy And The Medicine Hat Stallion (TV)

The Pack

1976: Victory At Entebbe (TV)

1975: Distance

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