Born at 7:25pm-EST
Godmother of Phoebe Cates.
Her first novel, "Valley of the Dolls", was the top selling novel of 1966. It has sold over ten million copies to date.
Her only child, a son named Guy, was diagnosed as severely autistic and was institutionalized most of his life
Is portrayed by Bette Midler in Isn't She Great (2000)
Measurements: 34-27-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Referenced by name in Los Angeles punk band X's song "Adult Books".
Was Arlene Francis' understudy in the original Broadway production of Clare Boothe Luce's "The Women".
Was so disappointed by the movie Valley of the Dolls (1967), an adaptation of her best-selling book of the same name, that she referred to it as a "piece of shit".