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That describes my husband to a T.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor twenty years, I hung in with this guy. Supported him, massaged his ego, responded to his every whim, cried with him, rejoiced with him, and had his children. And, all the while, gave up my career in theater and film so I could stand by him until at last he knew success. And with his success came adulation, and with adulation, came sexual affairs, and with sexual affairs came divorce. If the marriage was hell, divorce proceedings were Armageddon. He did everything to intimidate me, belittle me and frighten me. Do I regret that I never married the boy back home? Absolutely not. If had stayed in Huron, South Dakota, I would have missed the experiences with: Marilyn Monroe, Mel Brooks, Vivian Blaine, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Daniel Mann, Jacqueline Onassis, Roy Scheider, Kurt Vonnegut and a summer living with Veronica Lake.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Movie fans asked me to tell what happened behind the scenes in \u003cem\u003eCarnival of Souls, \u003c\/em\u003ea movie that became a cult classic and a success twenty years after it was made. \u003cem\u003eCarnival of Souls \u003c\/em\u003eis shown once a year in London as part of The British Film Society's repertoire that considers it as one of the 100 most important films of all times. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy odyssey began when I attended the University of Iowa, Iowa City then, a year after graduating from The American Theatre Wing, I danced at NYC's Copacabana before gangsters and celebrities as one of the World Famous Copa Girls. 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