" It was wonderful! I worked with all of my favorites: Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers and Ann Miller, just to name a few. I got to do fantastic things like hand-paint June Allyson's shoes at 2:00 am and wire beads into a tiara for Esther Williams for the 1986 ACADEMY AWARDS." Click Here to view 1986 Academy Awards clip. I worked as Nolan's assistant and as his in-house model - Joan Collins DYNASTY costumes fit me perfectly. ![]() Also for many movies, specials and live shows. Nolan was designing costumes for DYNASTY, HOTEL, LOVE BOAT and other hit television shows. Through Helen, I met Emmy Award winning designer, Nolan Miller. I went to work with Helen producing the show and modeling the movie costumes worn by Elizabeth Taylor and Cyd Charisse. ![]() She had written two books and was doing a fashion show with 30 of her most famous movie costumes. A few weeks later, Fate intervened and I met my favorite movie costume designer, two-time Oscar winner, Helen Rose. "I left Oregon and arrived in Los Angeles the week before I turned 21. "People ask me so often, how did you get from Seaside, Oregon to Hollywood, California? I had a lot of guts, a lot of determination and a lot of good luck." My dream came true in the very best ways possible." ![]() I dreamed of knowing and working with the legendary people from that Golden era. From the time I was a very small child, I was obsessed with old Hollywood. My life has been an adventure echoing a movie plot in old Hollywood. "I have been so lucky, so often, to be in the right place at the right time.
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