Trivia

Achieved notice in the once-iconic late 1960s Alka-Selzer commercial in which her recitation of outlandish recipies (such as "marshmallowed meatballs") kept sending her spouse to the bathroom for repeated doses.

Her husband, Joshua White, was a writer, director, production manager and special effects operator.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1968 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Musical) for "Henry, Sweet Henry."

She made her stage debut at age 11 in 1959 playing a little boy in a Metropolitan Opera production of "Wozzeck".

Played Bet in the original New York production of "Oliver!" (which opened in London in 1960, but not on Broadway until 1963).

Her pancreatic cancer complicated her long fight with Juvenile Diabetes.