"Joe Levine behaved like he owned me. My husband thought it was all terrific as long as I kept bringing in the money. I started objecting to everything, but it was too late. The sex-symbol image had already started. I turned down parts and they blacklisted me. The press attacked me viciously at every opportunity. I came very close to suicide."
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Novelists from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesDancers from the United StatesActresses from PennsylvaniaWomen born in the 1930s
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On her tumultuous relationship with producer Joe Levine, profile in the Los Angeles Times by Patricia Brennan (1987)
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