 Peters has co @-@ starred in a number of television movies , including The Last Best Year ( 1990 ) with Mary Tyler Moore , Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Cinderella ( 1997 ) with Brandy ( receiving a nomination for the " Golden Satellite Award " for her role ) , and Prince Charming ( 2003 ) with Martin Short . She co @-@ starred in her own television series , All 's Fair , with Richard Crenna in 1976 – 77 . She played a young , liberal photographer , who becomes romantically involved with an older , conservative columnist . Although Peters was praised for her charismatic performance , the show ran for only one season . Peters was nominated for a Golden Globe award as Best TV Actress – Musical / Comedy . In March 2005 , she made a pilot for an ABC situation comedy series titled Adopted , co @-@ starring with Christine Baranski , but it was not picked up . Peters appeared in the Lifetime television movie Living Proof , which was first broadcast on October 18 , 2008 . She played the role of Barbara , an art teacher with breast cancer , who is initially reluctant to participate in the study for the cancer drug Herceptin . Andrew Gans of Playbill wrote , " Peters is able to choose from an expansive emotional palette to color the character , and her performance ... is moving , humorous and ultimately spirit @-@ raising " . 
