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Douglas, Paul,
106
–7

Down and Out in America,
364
,
369
–72,
383
–84

Downey, Robert, Jr.,
370

Dugan, Dennis,
408

Dukakis, Olympia,
204

Duke, Patty,
243
–44

Duke (school friend),
49

Dunaway, Faye,
301
,
303
–4

Dunn, Jimmy,
210

Dvorak, Miss (high school principal),
44

Edison Hotel theater,
79

education and arts training

Actors Studio,
71
,
77
,
101

Art Students League,
43

ballet classes at Metropolitan Opera House,
18

elementary schools,
21
–25

George Washington High School,
44
,
49

High School of Music & Art,
43
–44

Juilliard School,
49
–50,
51

Neighborhood Playhouse,
51
–57,
62
,
192
,
275
,
318

School of American Ballet,
19

Walton High School,
44
–45

Edwards, Gus,
13
–14

Eldridge, Ronnie,
358

Electra,
202
–4

Eliason, Joyce,
325
,
352

Emmy nominations and awards,
212
,
297
,
432

Englund, George,
85

Falk, Peter,
173
,
175
–76,
268
–69,
272
–74,
276

Farrow, Mia,
205
,
207
,
211
–12,
414

Faulk, John Henry,
135
–36,
140
–42

Fawcett, Farrah,
417
–19

Fay,
296
–97

fears

blacklist enforcement,
212
,
244

failure,
288

forgetting lines,
131
,
272
–76,
306
,
386

heights,
214
–16

loss of custody of Dinah to Manoff,
157
,
201
,
390
–91

loss of youth and beauty,
154
–56,
205
,
207
–8,
213
,
238
–39,
303
,
320

Manoff’s anger,
435

pervasive “Nameless Fear,”
164
–65,
306
,
398

unwitting damage to another person,
131

use of fear in acting,
57

Feury, Joey

acting roles,
241
,
367

devotion to LG,
189
,
240
,
241
,
445

Broadway Brawler
film failure,
401
–10

Catholic upbringing,
270
–71

commercial production business,
241
,
268
,
270
,
276
,
317

drugs,
219
,
225
,
251
,
336
,
359

easy nature of relationship with LG,
189
–90,
192
,
227
–28,
240
–42,
276

in Europe,
218
–22,
304
–5

fatherhood,
277
,
279
–84,
285

Feury/Grant Entertainment,
343
,
358
,
360
–61,
389
–90,
411
–12

financial savvy,
317
,
351
,
370
,
413

first film partnership with LG,
299
–300

“the girl,”
335
–38,
347
,
361
,
367
,
376
–77

Green House,
314
–15,
317
–18,
319
,
343
–44

LG’s attraction to,
188
–89,
228

LG’s family with,
447

marriage to LG,
277
–78,
345

painting,
230

passion for food,
222

protectiveness and possessiveness,
190
,
252
–53

as role model for Dinah,
251
–52

sensitivity and thoughtfulness,
213
,
379
,
395

Feury/Grant Entertainment,
343
,
358
,
360
–61,
389
–90,
411
–12

Fioretti, Belinda

adoption of,
279
–83

car accident,
406

husband and children,
412
,
446

schools,
284
–85,
378

visit with birth family,
286

withholding of affection from LG,
285
–87

work with Feury/Grant Entertainment,
412

Fioretti, Joey.
See
Feury, Joey

Fioretti, Phyllis,
253
,
271
,
412
,
442
,
444
–45

Fioretti, Rachel,
253
,
285
,
333
,
336
,
403
,
442

Fisher, Carrie,
289

Flynn, Errol,
27
–28

Following Her Heart,
393
–94

Fonda, Henry “Hank,”
71
,
121
–22

Forster, Mr. (elementary school teacher),
35

Foshko, Alan,
164
,
420

Foster (classmate),
22
–23

Fouchard, Madame (voice teacher),
50

Fraker, Billy,
317
,
403
,
405
,
406

Franciosa, Tony,
98
–99

Frank, Mel,
220
,
224

Frankenheimer, John,
123
–24,
125

Frawley, Jim,
170

Frederick, Lynne,
302

Friebus, Florida,
135

Friedan, Betty,
411

Friedlander, Len and Jenny,
285
,
344

Front, The,
101

Fuchs, Michael,
369

Fugitive, The,
195
–98

Furth, George,
312

Gang, Martin,
128
–31

Garbus, Marty,
183
–84

Garfield, Alan,
234
–35

Garfield, John,
65
,
440

Garland, Judy,
419

Garrett, Betty,
440

Gates, Gary,
183

Gatti-Casazza, Giulio,
9
–10,
11

Gazzara, Ben,
301

George Washington High School,
44
,
49

Gest, David,
414
–16

Gibson, William,
118

Gilardi, Jack,
255

Ginsberg, Milton,
364

“the girl,”
335
–38,
347
,
361
,
367
,
376
–77,
379

Glass, Prue,
358
,
360
,
364

Godmothers movie company,
324
–25

Good Doctor, The,
307

Goodman, Miles,
381

Grace, Princess,
217

Graham, Billy,
197

Graham, Martha,
51
,
54
–55

Grant, Lee

children (
see
Fioretti, Belinda; Manoff, Dinah)

on concealment of affairs,
241
–42,
335

contentment in domestic life,
89
–90,
94
,
437

cosmetic procedures,
87
,
155
–56,
230

craving for love,
42
,
198
,
294
–95

drinking and smoking,
32
–33,
47
–48,
51
–52,
128
,
254
,
271
,
281

driver’s license and passport,
232
,
364
–66

education (
see
education and arts training)

emotional disconnection,
127
,
155
,
347

family background,
3
–8

freedom from control by men,
168
,
192
,
227
,
240
–41

heart problems and pacemaker,
394
–96

impractical upbringing and financial ignorance,
21
,
76
,
92
,
317
,
320
,
351

love for Russian literature,
34
,
94

marriages (
see
Feury, Joey; Manoff, Arnie)

mastoid operation,
33
–34

memory loss,
130
–31,
271
,
275
,
328

migraines,
229
–31,
289
,
327
–28,
398

Neo-Synephrine overdose,
271

original name,
5

painting,
43
,
127
,
152
–53,
166
,
189

party drugs,
225
–26,
251
,
254
,
359
,
419

popularity with boys,
40
–42,
45
–47

religion (
see
Judaism)

romantic Heathcliff-model of men,
30
–31,
59
,
105
,
148
,
171

saying yes to everything,
230

self-appreciation of beauty and charm,
40
–41,
44
,
49

sleeping pills,
70
,
271
,
281
,
309
,
328

snitching,
25
,
130

superstition,
66
,
268
,
269
–70

thyroid problem,
405
–6

on turning sixty-five,
412
–13

on youth and beauty,
154
–56,
205
,
207
–8,
213
,
238
–39,
303
,
320
,
396

Green Mansions theater,
59

Group Theatre,
51
,
74
,
85
,
101

Hagen, Uta,
61
,
105

Hansberry, Lorraine,
160

Hardin, Rusty,
389

Harris, Susan,
296

Harrison, Greg,
397

Harrison, Rex,
341
–42

Hartnett, Vincent,
134
–36,
139
–41

Haskell, Dora,
5
–6,
41
,
44
,
45
,
47
,
81
–82

Haskell, Fremo

adoration of and plans for LG,
21
,
27
,
45
,
47
,
52

cats,
95
,
221
–22,
350

death,
374
,
442

eccentricity,
6
,
68
–69,
95

Haskell Nursery School,
5
–6

as inspiration for LG’s character in
The Landlord,
247

in Italy,
221
–22

marriage,
95
–96

painting,
43
,
95
,
221

in Paris,
16
–18

physical appearance,
68
,
95

Hauben, Larry,
218
–19,
317

Havel, Václav,
356
–57

Hawn, Goldie,
288
,
291

Hayden, Terry,
98

Haynie, Jim,
380

Hayward, Susan,
419

Hayworth, Vinton,
139

HBO,
358
–60,
362
–64,
369
,
371
–72,
388
–90

HB Studio,
61
,
105
–6,
238
,
339

Hedren, Tippi,
324

Heflin, Frances “Fra,”
103
,
116

Hefner, Hugh,
177

Helm, Levon,
380

High School of Music & Art,
43
–44

Hole in the Head, A,
106
–7

Hollenbeck, Don,
440

Hopkins, Anthony,
415

Hopper, Dennis,
307

House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
See also
blacklist

first actor to testify,
439

focus on Hollywood,
83

Hollywood Ten,
110
,
178

interrogation of LG,
108
–13,
129
–32

loss of public image,
178
,
182

manipulation by legal advisor,
186

pressure tactics to obtain names,
178
–79

speakers against, at Bromberg memorial,
85
–86

Hunt, Marsha,
439
,
440

Hunter, Holly,
339

Hunter, Ian McLellan,
434

Hunter, Kim,
133
,
137
,
141

Huston, Anjelica,
315

Internecine Project, The,
280

In the Heat of the Night,
236
–37,
239
,
414

Intimate Portrait
series,
411
–12,
414
,
421
–23

Irola, Judy,
322

Ironside, Michael,
319

Italy,
220
–26

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