Trivia

Daughter Bryn was adopted by husband Neil Simon in 1990 in Los Angeles.

Retired from acting on screen in the mid-1990s after a 15-year career in television and commercials.

Worked as a writer and editor at LAStyle magazine and helped launch both InStyle and Live! magazines.

Began her second career as a magazine columnist in the mid-1980s, and a third career as a builder of low-energy certified houses in the late-1990s.

Met future husband Neil Simon at a Nieman Marcus store where she was working at a jewelry and perfume counter and as an Anne Klein model.

Is a 1969 alumnus of Our Lady of Providence High School in Clarksville IN and on the outskirts of Louisville KY.

Majored in acting at Indiana University, got her professional start as a stage actress at the Actors' Theatre in Louisville KY and debuted on screen in the locally-filmed The Get-Man (1974), before moving to Los Angeles in 1974.

Since retiring from acting, she has worked in politics and for numerous charities, as well as in campaigns for Senate, House, and State Governors and the President of the United States.

Became involved in politics after watching the Anita Hill hearings in 1991, and played a role in the election of former President Bill Clinton.

Ex-sister-in-law of Danny Simon.