[3] The group appeared in HealtH[4]: 612 and Popeye,[4]: 506 two films from director Robert Altman that saw release in the early 1980s.
Consisting of four actresses—[3] Julie Janney, Diane Shaffer, Nathalie Blossom and Patty Katz—[4]: 612 the Steinettes were formed in 1978 during a production at the Westbeth Theater.
[3] Early on in their tenure, the quartet sang for donations at the Sheridan Square in Manhattan's West Village area.
[3] Eventually, they also served as a filler act for local comedian Phil Stein,[2] and in 1981, they filled in for Rodney Dangerfield.
[6] The group contributed vocal performances to the score of Robert Altman's HealtH,[4]: 612 completed in 1979[7] but shelved by 20th Century-Fox for over two years.