She worked as a writer and executive producer on the television series , Commando Nanny, , , , and and has worked in television production since the late 1990s.
Switching to , she signed to and released her first album, , in 1978, dropping out of high school to concentrate on her career, although she was still required to devote time to her studies.
In 1994, she appeared in.
Her follow-up album, , produced by and , largely was ignored by the public and the music media, although it was popular with her fans as well as a much anticipated 1980 North American tour with her band The Toys.
Olson said she agreed to do the video interview — recorded last year at her home in L.
It was filmed in , at the then-inoperative Jefferson Hotel.