Birthday: Oct. 28, 1952.
Birthplace: Franklin, Ky.
Occupation: Actress.
Current home: Glendale, Calif.
Marital status: Married to her fourth husband, TV director Jim Hayman, for four years.
Children: Clay 14; Jake, 2.
Car: An old Mercedes-Benz that was my sister’s. It has 75,000 miles and runs like a sewing machine.
Working on: “Love & War” on CBS-TV.
The last good movie I saw: “Legends of the Fall.”
The book I’ve been reading is: “Mutant Message Down Under.”
Favorite pig-out food: Salt-and-vinegar potato chips. They’re my downfall.
Favorite performer: I don’t think you can beat Bette Midler.
Prized possession: A strand of hair from an Indian saint that I keep in my jewelry drawer.
Personal hero: Jo in “Little Women.”
I’ve never been able to: Go skiing with my son. I broke my legs, and I can’t do it.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Making fried chicken.
I want to teach my children: To be kind.
The worst advice my father ever gave me: He told me I’d never find a man who could put up with me.
My fantasy is: I have a swell place on the beach, and my husband has just caught fresh fish.
The one thing I can’t stand is: When people tell me I can’t do something.
If I could change one thing about myself I would be: More organized. I never write things down, and I always have a string of people who are furious with me.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: Strange. I grew up in rural Kentucky, and I knew at a young age that I wanted out. Instead of seeing that as a dream, they saw that as a rejection of them.
If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be: The town arsonist.
Three words that best describe me: An excellent friend.
