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whole character and that of a star. A star has to put her career first. Her husband comes second. And she was acting in complete consonance with her beliefs and with what I knew about her. I shouldn't have been surprised. I was very lucky, in fact, to find out so quickly how ridiculous this idea was that she was going to spend six months in New York with me and then play for six months. I didn't want her giving up her career. I was proud of her being a big star. But right off the bat I was coming back with my tail between my legs, cancelling all the parties, and I knew then the whole marriage was doomed.

Is she still around?

Yes. Last year she played in “Enter Laughing” on Broadway. And she starred in “Mame” on tour. She's in television every once in a while, too. Of course she's no kid anymore. Who is?

No. Is she married?

I was her first husband, but then later she married Luther Adler, and they had a son, whom I understand is a very brilliant young scientist, but that didn't last, either. And then she married a third time--to a man who had been Phyllis' boss when Phyllis was working at McCann Erickson, the advertising agency. His name was Carlton Alsop. It was his notion