Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (59 page)
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Authors: Lorna Luft
Tags: #Biographies & Memoirs, #Arts & Literature, #Actors & Entertainers, #Composers & Musicians, #Television Performers, #Leaders & Notable People, #Rich & Famous, #Memoirs, #Specific Groups, #Women, #Humor & Entertainment
I want to express my heartfelt thanks to all who have supported me on my journey in writing this book.
Alan Nevins: I couldn’t have done this without you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I love you.
Ken Ross: Thank you for capturing, holding onto, and truly “getting me.” I am forever grateful.
Mitch Ivers: Your never wavering support, love, laughter and focus kept me going.
Gordon Wise: Thank you for your caring friendship, wonderful dedication, and love for this book.
To all my friends who were there for me: Steven Rowley, Bob Duva, Eliot and Maria Weisman, Roni and David Agress, Sonny (W.T.F.D.I.P.T.) Golden, Michael Goldburg, Gary (E.G.T.M.) Hecker, Barry Manilow, Vern Alves, Tony Oppedisano, Janet Fitzgerald, Gunnar Peterson, John Kelsch, John Miner and everyone at the Judy Garland Children’s Museum, Dr. Joe Takamine, Nancy Conway, Alan and Arlene Lazare, Liz Derringer, Stacey Wood, Liz and Alan Wyatt, Trevor Jones, Joe Luft, Jered Barclay, Brian Aris, Jack Martin, Nikki Haskell, Maxine Messinger, Leslie Jones, Barbara and Don Rickles, Shirley and Ramon Greene.
And John (A.T.W.I.N.Y.) Fricke: Thanks for all your help.
AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN ARIS
LORNA LUFT
made her television debut singing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” on her mother’s 1963 Christmas special. She has appeared on and off Broadway in
Lolita, Promises, Promises,
and
Snoopy;
in national tours of
Grease, They’re Playing Our Song,
and
Guys and Dolls;
at the Rainbow Room, the Hollywood Bowl, and the White House; in the television series
Trapper John, M.D.,
and
Caroline in the City;
and as Paulette in the movie
Grease
2. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, and daughter.
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Academy Award,
74
–75
Agress, Roni,
328
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343
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345
–46,
347
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348
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351
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352
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353
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355
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356
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357
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358
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362
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363
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365
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374
Aimee, Anouk,
280
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band,”
9
Allen, Grade,
61
Allen, Nancy,
183
Allen, Peter,
15
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166
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175
–76,
182
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192
–93,
209
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224
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247
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282
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283
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338
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339
–40,
344
Alves, Vern,
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–63,
64
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65
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88
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103
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153
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176
–77,
183
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199
Aly Khan, Prince,
55
Anderson, Lee,
341
Andy Hardy series,
236
Annie Get Your Gun,
40
Antelope Valley Ledger-Gazette,
14
Antonio (cook),
99
–100
Arnaz, Desi,
247
Arrows (rock band),
283
,
285
,
305
Arthur’s (nightclub),
183
–84,
218
,
244
“As Long As He Needs Me,”
133
At Long Last Love,
269
–70
Athletes and Entertainers for Kids,
393
Aubrey, Skye,
303
Babes in Arms,
32
Bacall, Betty,
74
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82
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84
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93
–94,
106
,
172
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173
Bacharach, Burt,
245
Ball, Lucille,
69
Barbizon Hotel for Women,
240
,
243
Barclay, Jered,
375
–76
Barstow, Dick,
181
Bart, Lionel,
96
Bartholomew, Freddie,
28
“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,”
132
,
228
Bay of Pigs,
109
Begelman, David,
101
–03,
107
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118
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155
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156
Bellevue Hospital,
200
Bennett, Michael,
248
Bennett, Tony,
186
Benzedrine,
33
–35,
60
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75
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90
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103
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154
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193
–94
Berenson, Marisa,
254
Bergen, Candice,
83
Berle, Milton,
78
Betty Ford Center,
2
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38
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348
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350
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351
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352
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355
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–62,
365
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381
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391
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398
Betty Ford Center Family Program,
362
–63,
366
–74,
375
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378
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384
Beverly Hills,
49
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59
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377
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384
,
390
Birdcage, The,
2
Blackwell, Charlie,
246
Blank, Larry,
387
Bloomingdale’s,
327
“Bob White,”
181
Bogart, Humphrey,
49
–50,
80
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84
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93
Bogart, Leslie,
2
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68
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79
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82
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84
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94
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106
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111
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112
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172
–73
Bolger, Ray,
44
Booth, Randy,
324
Brando, Marlon,
303
Brasserie (restaurant),
291
Brentwood Elementary School,
130
Bruce, Lenny,
97
Buckley, Betty,
321
Burnett, Carol,
128
Burns, George,
61
Burton, Richard,
183
Burton, Sybil,
183
Busfield, Tim,
388
Bush, Barbara,
395
Butler, Michael,
239
Caesar’s Palace (Las Vegas),
182
,
189
Café Central (New York),
321
–22
Cagney, Gil,
296
Campbell, Glen,
277
Cantor, Gail,
263
Capobianco, Tito,
239
Carlysle, John,
175
Carmichael, Hoagy,
26
Carnegie Hall,
113
Carson, Johnny,
322
CBS,
132
CBS Special,
116
Cats,
320
–21
Cedars Sinai (hospital),
61
–62,
74
,
397
Cerf, Bennett,
99
Champion, Gower,
244
–45
Chapman, Mrs. Hettie,
139
–40,
141
,
142
,
157
,
158
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160
,
161
–62,
216
,
220
Chelsea Naval Hospital,
187
Chicago,
254
–56
Chicago,
297
Child Is Waiting, A,
116
Children’s Museum (Grand Rapids),
15
Chorus Line, A,
248
Cinderella,
97
Cine Grill, Roosevelt Hotel (Los Angeles),
387
Clark, Petula,
181
Colacello, Bob,
311
Coleman, Dr. Lester,
117
,
207
,
227
,
247
,
324
Colledge, Elizabeth Ann,
120
,
122
,
124
Collins, Joan,
161
Company,
248
Copacabana,
256
Costa, Suzanne,
302
Craig, Noel,
306
Crawford, Christina,
82
Cronkite, Walter,
131
Crosby, Bing,
53
Curtis, King,
291
Dali, Salvador,
184
David, Hal,
245
Davis, Mac,
277
Davis, Sammy, Jr.,
267
,
269
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276
,
292
–93,
295
–96,
298
Deans, Mickey,
175
,
218
–19,
221
,
223
–24,
228
–29,
230
,
231
,
286
,
371
“Dear Mr. Gable” (song),
32
Decca,
34
Delon, Alain,
261
Dench, Dame Judi,
321