[1][failed verification] Her maternal family owned Ritchie Brothers, a Sydney-based manufacturer of railway carriages, trains, and trams.
[3][failed verification] She began her career as a ballet dancer and model, competing in beauty contests under her birth name, Belinda Taubman.
[4][failed verification] In the early 1970s, she relocated to New York, adopted the surname Bauer, and pursued an acting career.
[7][page needed] She became known for her roles in cult films of the 1970s and 1980s, including Winter Kills (1979), The American Success Company (1980), Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982), and Flashdance (1983).
[8][failed verification] Her television roles include The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983), Starcrossed (1985), and Christine Scavello in Dean R. Koontz's Servants of Twilight (1991).