She wrote an as yet unproduced screenplay on the life of friend María Montez.
She met writer Peter Viertel through friend and roommate Maria Montez, and he introduced her to Val Lewton. She ultimately appeared in five pictures for Lewton's unit.
I didn't like all the jealousy, upstaging, fights for bigger billing and the like. I wanted no part of it and was classified as "Mrs. Rich Bitch" because of my attitude.
[speaking in the 1990s] They've had nothing but chaos since God was taken out of the schools, and they'll never have anything but chaos until they put Him back.