 She starred in the 1988 production of that show with Karen Akers at Town Hall in New York and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She has also played several minor movie roles, including the films "Taking Off" (1971), "Garbo Talks" (1984), "The Flamingo Kid" (1984), "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985), and "Crossing Delancey" (1988), and on the television shows "Kate & Allie" and "Guiding Light".In 1990, she won the Backstage Bistro Award for Best Vocalist in New York City.Ackerman claims to have been born with the ability to remember birthdates and developed her interest in astrology in her early teens.