I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.

I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.

I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.

I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.

I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.

Everybody said Peyton Place would be a mistake.

I never turned down a mother role.