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Post by smith on Nov 5, 2005 22:40:32 GMT -5
Allegedly rather pointedly turned down a date from Joe Kennedy ( father of the future president) by telling him that she was much too busy .
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Post by Shaun on Nov 5, 2005 22:51:22 GMT -5
Ha, ha! I haven't heard that one. One of my all time favorites (and the only one I can think of at the moment) is when a crowd yelled that they had "made her" and she replied "like hell you did!" So funny and yet so true-an audience doesn't make a star, stars make themselves...we only like to take credit for it!
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Post by Shaun on Nov 5, 2005 22:56:53 GMT -5
Oh, just thought of another one. While touring with the Old Vic Company in Australia, she spent her downtime romping through the jungles searching for some species of bird. Show time was nearing, she was running late. Kate arrives at the theatre with no time to spare and darts through the crowd while still in her mud covered clothes. Little did the crowd know that that muddy mess was the star of the show! Kate was both intentionally and unintentionally funny.
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Post by Cate on Nov 5, 2005 23:42:50 GMT -5
Hm... I never heard that last one! I was cracking up when I read about the press asking her if she had any children and she replied, "Yes, one white and two colored." The whole breaking into houses thing is awesome... walking around in her underwear because someone took the pants out of her trailer...
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Post by Cate on Nov 6, 2005 13:48:43 GMT -5
OH who was it that she punched in the face because her make-up artist wasn't on time? Where did I READ that?? Now that is funny. ;D
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Post by Shaun on Nov 6, 2005 17:58:23 GMT -5
Wasn't it Peter O'Toole on the set of the Lion in Winter? I can't remember the specifics of it, but I think she asked that the make up artist do her first and O'Toole second but O'Toole had stolen him.
Something doesn't sound right. I'm pretty sure that it was O'Toole but the story doesn't sound right. I'm sure somebody here knows the details ;D
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Post by Judy on Nov 6, 2005 19:22:51 GMT -5
According to Kate in her Dick Cavett interview and elsewhere, it was O'Toole's makeup man. But she had called for him a couple of times and he didn't show up. So (she said to Cavett) she stormed over in a rage and found him with O'Toole (she said she lost her rage as she marched). And when she found them together, she went over to O'Toole - and in her words - "I biffed him this way and I biffed him that way" - motioning a slap with the back of her hand - NOT a punch in the face.
And then she left, she said to Cavett, laughing - "roaring with laughter. Did him a lot of good. Does everybody good to be hit."
And in no time, O'Toole came down onto the set with his head, leg and arms all bandaged up - and with a crutch. There's a picture of him like that in some book; can't remember where.
Judy
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Post by Cate on Nov 7, 2005 14:09:20 GMT -5
That's right! The Cavett interview (which I really really want to see). I read slapped there and punched somewhere else. I'm sure slapped is more accurate. Although punched would be even funnier. But not as nice. Do you think Kate tended to exaggerate her stories sometimes? ;D
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Post by Shaun on Nov 7, 2005 15:29:38 GMT -5
Most likely!
I remember the thing with O'Toole now..Kate was so funny..she 'biffed' him, ha, ha! God what I wouldn't give to see that Cavett interview!
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Post by Richard on Nov 9, 2005 20:41:37 GMT -5
I remember her saying to Warren Beatty that she didn't like Shirley Maclaine, and she didn't know she was his sister. She said something like "Oh dear!, I believe.
I thought that was funny.
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Post by Cate on Nov 10, 2005 11:56:09 GMT -5
I think the fact that she hauled all of her flowers (on Phyllis's lap) to Fenwick every time she visited is funny. Making A. Scott Berg take his pants off in the middle of her hallway (after they became soaked because he had already refused to do it the first time she told him to prevent them from getting soaked in the rain). Then ordered him to change his shirt as well. Then told Phyllis to bring him one of her dresses if she couldn't find any extra pants. "I'm not driving to New York wearing one of Phyllis's dresses." Kate: "You might have to... besides, there's nothing wrong with it. Phyllis has some lovely things, don't you dear?" LOL Ohhh I wish she was still alive. Dried her laundry by spreading them out on the lawn. Was defensive of Parcheesi. Responded to fans' letters by writing her response on the envelope (which I'm pretty sure was typed by her secretary later...). It's really an ingenius thing to do. Save paper, have the address and name right there (therefore only having to write Dear ---- ) lol The list of things is endless
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Post by Judy on Nov 10, 2005 15:18:46 GMT -5
Writing to people who asked for autographs, telling them that she did not give autographs. And then signing the letter.
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Post by Shaun on Nov 10, 2005 15:30:18 GMT -5
That was cool of Kate. She kept her dignity by not giving autographs but the fan got what they wanted with the signature on the letter, ingenious! Judy did you ever write to KH?
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Post by Judy on Nov 10, 2005 16:18:42 GMT -5
Yes, Shaun. I DID write to her. When she was in A MATTER OF GRAVITY.
Now, you can see on Ebay all the notes she sent to fans. Most of them are dated in the late 80's and 90's.
But back in the 70's was really the first time that she began doing this that I know of.
I saw the show 8 times so got friendly with her then driver Fisher. I wasn't special or anything; he was very sweet and nice to all the fans who would wait for her at the stage door. He told me (and others) that if would bring a Playbill in a stamped, self-addressed envelope, he'd get it to her and she'd sign it. So I did. And at the last minute I stuck a note in. I could kick myself because I save everything, but did not keep a copy of that note. I kinda remember what I said but it's all a bit of a blur. Mostly I was just trying to tell her how much I loved her without sounding like a jerk - or a stalker. So I wrote about how all us fans were waiting in the cold, so thrilled at having seen her onstage and thrilled now to be able to see her leave the theatre. I wrote that it was freezing outside but we all kept warm with that feeling. And what an amazing feeling it was. Sorta corny, I know, but I meant it. And I asked if she felt that from us, her fans? Or rather, I wrote that I HOPED she knew what people felt about her.
Anyway, very soon after that, I came home from school one day and saw my own handwriting on an envelope sticking out of our mail box. It was the Playbill, I thought. And I was thrilled. I opened the envelope and there was the signed Playbill. And with it was a letter from her. It's been framed on my wall with the Playbill ever since. It says:
That was a very sweet letter. Yes it is amazing. And touching. Makes me happy. Thank you.
Then later on, when the show was on tour, I wrote to her again telling her I was going to see it on its final day in Baltimore. Went to see that last matinee and evening performance and asked her in the letter if I could come back and meet her. Where I got the nerve to do that I'll never know.
She sent back a reply - very short and to the point - saying I could go backstage and that I should do it after the evening performance. So I did.
She was sweet and funny and nice and could easily see how nervous I was, but didn't let on. Must've been a bore after a two-performance day to have to deal with that, but she never showed it and let me (and my friend) walk with her to her car.
She was stunning and I couldn't believe I was there.
It was the best 15 minutes of my then young life.
Judy
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Post by Shaun on Nov 10, 2005 16:35:49 GMT -5
Oh. My. God. Judy, you are amazing! You met the great Kate herself...I'm blown away. I'm sure that's a great conversation piece
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