We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

I used up every cent I had earned as an actress.

In later years, during what might be called my gray-outs — when I was conscious but not myself — I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.