[3] Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[1] Gordon acted in local theater as a child.
[3] She attended Bennington College, and then Carnegie Mellon University where she received a B.A.
Gordon acted in Padua Hills Playwrights’ Festival productions,[3] an experimental Los Angeles–based theatre group that was originally active from 1980s through 1995.
Her films include Frances (1982), Weird Science (1985), Another Day in Paradise (1998) and Chuck & Buck (2000).
She was acting in Harvey at the Laguna Playhouse six weeks before she died, aged 66.