Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (61 page)

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Authors: Lorna Luft

Tags: #Biographies & Memoirs, #Arts & Literature, #Actors & Entertainers, #Composers & Musicians, #Television Performers, #Leaders & Notable People, #Rich & Famous, #Memoirs, #Specific Groups, #Women, #Humor & Entertainment

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Lee, Mrs.
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Lee, Stan,
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Lemond, Bob,
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–86

Lemond/Zetter Agency,
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,
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Lennon, John,
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Lerner, Alan Jay,
239
,
241

Liff, Samuel “Biff,”
245

Lindsey, Mort,
128

Lion King, The,
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Lionel (butler),
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162
–63,
168
,
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Little Me,
133

Liu, Ed,
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Loew’s State Theater (Los Angeles),
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,
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Lolita, My Love,
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–43,
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London,
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–107,
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–21,
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“Lorna,”
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Los Angeles,
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Los Angeles, Rockingham Drive,
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–28,
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“Love of My Life,”
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Lucky Lady,
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Luft, Joey,
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–80,
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Luft, Johnny,
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Luft, Leonora,
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–71,
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Luft, Norbert,
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Luft, Peri,
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Luft, Sid (Michael S.),
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–05

McCloud
(TV show),
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McDowall, Roddy,
184

McGruder, Mr.,
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,
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Mackie, Bob,
128
,
253

McQueen, Steve,
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,
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–52

Madison Square Garden,
185
–86

“Mama, a Rainbow,”
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Mame,
185

Manchester, Melissa,
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,
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Manilow, Barry,
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–67,
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Mankiewicz, Joe,
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Mankiewicz, Tom,
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Married with Children,
167

Martin, Dean,
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,
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Martin, Gail,
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Martin, Mary,
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M*A*S*H
series,
377

Mason, James,
227

Mastroianni, Marcello,
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–97

Matter of Time, A,
275

Mayer, Louis B.,
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,
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,
41
–42,
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“Me and My Shadow,”
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Meet Me in St. Louis,
38
,
48
,
186

Meglin Kiddies Show,
16
,
29

Meglin School of Dance,
16

Mercer, Johnny,
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,
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Merman, Ethel,
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,
106
–07

Merrick, David,
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–46

Merv Griffin Show,
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Messenger, Maxine,
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–54,
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MGM,
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–30,
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Midler, Bette,
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–64,
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“Midnight Blue,”
264

Miller, Merle,
263

Million Dollar Movie, The,
235

Milne, Eva,
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,
11

Milne, John,
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Milne, Norma,
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“Mi’lord,”
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Minnelli, Liza,
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Minnelli, Vincente,
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Moment in Time, A,
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Mommie Dearest,
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Moon, Keith,
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Moonlighting,
322

Morris, William,
246

Mount Sinai Hospital,
328

Mrs. Lawlor’s Academy,
28

Murder, She Wrote,
397

Murfreesboro, Tennessee,
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“My Country, ’Tis of Thee,”
11

Nabokov, Vladimir,
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Napier, John,
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Needham, Hal,
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Nelson, Gene,
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Nelson, Miriam,
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–95

Nelson, Rick,
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Nelson, Tracy,
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Neville, John,
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New Frontier Hotel (Las Vegas),
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New Grand (motion picture house),
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10

New York (city),
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–48,
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–12,
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–80,
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–84,
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–64,
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–09,
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New York Hospital,
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–49

“Night of
100
Stars” (concert),
172

Nitti, Nick,
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–56

Nunn, Trevor,
321

O’Brien, Margaret,
186

Odets, Clifford,
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“Old Gray Mare, The,”
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Oliver!,
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–97,
128
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133
,
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Onassis, Aristotle,
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Orpheus (theater),
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Oswald, Lee Harvey,
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“Over the Rainbow,”
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Pacino, Al,
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Palace Theater (New York),
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Palisades High,
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Palladium (London),
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Palmer House (Chicago),
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Palumbo, Gene,
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Paris,
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Parlor Theater,
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Parsons, Louella,
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People
magazine,
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Perrine, Valerie,
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Pesci, Joe,
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Peter Bent Brigham hospital,
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Petty, Bob,
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Pirate, The,
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Ponedel, Dottie,
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Poppatakis, Manuela,
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Porter, Cole,
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Potts, Patricia;
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Hemingway, Patti

Powell, Eleanor,
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Presley, Elvis,
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Professional Children’s School,
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Promises, Promises,
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–49,
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–64,
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Quaaludes,
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–14,
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Rabwin, Dr. Marc,
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41
,
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Rabwin, Marcella,
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Random House,
99

Rat Pack,
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–82,
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Reagan, Ronald,
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Reed, Billy,
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Reed, Sir Carol,
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Reeve, Christopher,
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Reinhardt, Pam,
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Reno, Nevada,
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Reynolds, Burt,
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–80,
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Rhodes, George,
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Rialto (theater),
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Richards, Jesse Cole (son),
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Richards, Vanessa Jade (daughter),
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Rickles, Don,
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Rink, The,
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Ritalin,
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Rivera, Chita,
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Robbins, Grace,
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Robbins, Harold,
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Roberts, Pernell,
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Rogers, Ginger,
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Rola, Prince Stanislaus Klossowski de,
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–82,
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Rollerena (Studio 54 freak),
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Rolling Stones,
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Rooney, Mickey,
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Rose, David,
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Ross, Annie,
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Rothschilds,
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Rourke, Mickey,
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Rubell, Steve,
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–08,
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–14,
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Ruby, Jack,
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