Unfortunately, or maybe not, I don’t have some grand story to tell all the famous people I’ve met. However, the most famous man I have met I was not all that impressed with. Our current governer was holding a summit for youths to discuss current problems when I was a freshman in college. I was floored that someone cared about our opinions and I had recieved an invitation. The summit was at the governer’s mansion in a adjacent pavillion. The entire time the governer’s children were outside riding go- carts in circles throughout the property but most memorable around the pavilion we were in. I kept thinking to myself that if only we were discussing a budget for the state office we might get some quiet and be able to hear each other!

First a funny one . My husband and I were in the elevator of the St. Regis hotel,a familiar gentleman was also going up,he said hi and so did I,asked about his family and he gave a friendly answer.I said my goodbyes at our floor and turned to my husband to apologize for not introducing him,”that’s ok”said my husband”his name is Buddy Hacket”

I travel extensively and my friends are always anxious to hear about the latest celebrity I have encountered. I have had some lovely dinners and spent a day or two with an eclectic bunch. Two of my favorites are Fess Parker and Tina Louise. Not at the same time.

I met Martina Navratilova at a tennis tournament in 1983 or 1984 at Amelia Island, Florida. She is a very nice person—down to earth. She allowed my mom to take a picture of us together, and my mom and I both got her autograph. Martina also didn’t mind people watching her practice—she would even allow an entire group of people to follow her to the locker room after practice while she signed autographs on the way. My mom and I were at the tournament all week. It was great.

Another one. While we were in the Air Force abroad, a patient of my husband said”I have a friend in Paris in the military,I will give him a call”. Sure enough,we were invited to lunch in the Bois de Boloune (sp) .Our hosts,the commander of NATO and his wife,Laurence Norstad and his wife….stars on his shoulders out to there! They were so sweet and we were so young!

As a teen I worked at the movie theater in town, and, being it was Marin County, met quite a few famous people there, who were regulars - Grace Slick, Robin Williams, Steve Perry (Journey), Hewey Lewis. Dianne Feinstein was my neighbor as a teen as well (after being mayor, before being Senator).

Mickey Rooney and Betty White. My dad was a contestant on Password in the 60s. BTW: he won the maximum amount, $750.00, and some sort of clock radio…

i met the native american actor, will samson, at the pendleton round-up rodeo in pendleton oregon…my daughter met julie andrews when she was staying at a hotel in san antonio texas…

Another one — I had a part-time job in a local (Westport, Connecticut) clothing store. Paul Newman had bought some slacks and was waiting for the tailor to fit him for alterations. He was a little annoyed at having to wait, and I tried to start up a conversation with him to pass the time. He really wasn’t very friendly —in fact he was downright rude. FYI — he was at least 5’10” tall, and he had absolutely no behind. This was before his illness, of course. Another time, I sat next to Joanne Woodward in church (Unitarian). She had no makeup on and had her hair pulled back with a rubber band. She kept smiling at me during the service, and I smiled back. After the service, my friend said “How did you like sitting next to Joanne?” I had no idea who she was — I just didn’t recognize her!

Little did we realize back then that this cute little michievious boy running around Chevy Chase and playing with all the kids and would grow up and be George Clooney.

I was an extra in the movie Benny and Joon with Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson and Aidan Quinn. I spent 17 hours on set and had lunch sitting with Ms. Masterson and Mr Quinn. One of the scene’s I was in was just Johnny Depp, myself and one other young guy. Interesting little story from that experience. One of the assistant production guys was a man in his late twenties maybe. He was responsible for telling me what to do as in this particular scene I was a long ways from the director guy. We stood on this sidewalk for hours. He took that time to make the most inappropriate sexual comments you could imagine. I finally said “screw this. I’m not having enough fun to put up with this shit”. So I decided to leave. I just figured they would want me to. I decided to tell the director guy first why I was leaving. I walked over and interrupted him and said “here’s the deal. THAT guy is an a- - hole and here’s what he’s been doing and I’m sorry but I’m leaving”. The director says “hold on a minute please. can you wait for ten minutes”. I did and in ten minutes the a— hole was gone… i had a professional young woman on my side of the street and a formal apology from the director. Not what i’d expected. I also convinced Eddie Money to speak to a group of kids in juvenile detention years back. At the time Mr. Money was in recovery from drug addiciton and had a good story for these kids. The talk was a disaster though. I left that room thinking “if that guy is actually clean and sober I’ll eat my own panty hose”. Later that night he had given me backstage passes for his concert and back stage reeked of dope and alcohol. Lesson learned.