I'm no relation to Lillian or Dorothy Gish. Not even way back. But when I first became interested in acting, I wrote a letter to Lillian Gish. She wrote back, discouraging me from entering the business.
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I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs.
When my father died, my mother came back from being Mrs. Birkin to being Judy Campbell. She was a stunning actress. She came out of her shell. She was herself again: this very independent, funny, intellectual lady - and was able to perform again, which was her life before meeting my father squashed it out.
I wanted Lillian Hellman to be perfect because I wasn't perfect myself. I really wanted a mentor.
I have just been working with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also a mum, on a movie called 'Hysteria.' She is everywhere because of the nature of film work. Not that I'm name dropping or anything like that. I have to pinch myself when I remember who I've been working with.
My mother was a leading lady in a local theatre in Birmingham, Alabama, where I grew up.
My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'.
I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.
I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York.
I always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I never worked with Cary Grant.
I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.
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