More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available. She was all that, and more. She had big blue eyes, alabaster skin, a heart-shaped face, a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout.


Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering (ed. Crown Archetype, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307719324


More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available....

More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available....

More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available....

More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available....