Was paired with Richard Chamberlain in 1967 for "Holly Golightly," a musical adaptation of Truman Capote's earlier novel (and film), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). When it became obvious during pre-Broadway tryouts that no amount of play-doctoring was going to save a potentially disasterous show, producer David Merrick announced that he was closing the show one week prior to it's scheduled Broadway opening, as he put it, "out of consideration for the audience."
Will receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award on January 29, 2012 in Los Angeles [September 8, 2011].
Will undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor [May 12, 2011].