
"I
wasn't going anywhere in particular when I started . . .
It was more like a religious mission."

She
arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s with
little interest in becoming an actress.
By
1958 she had an Oscar nomination and was being
compared to Marlon Brando and James Dean.
In
1959 she threw stardom away
and continued her journey.
POTPOURRI LOUNGE MEEKER MUSEUM
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Meeker Museum Collection
Jack
Stalnaker