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She was to be the sheriff's (Roy Scheider) wife in Der weiße Hai (1975), which her husband Richard D. Zanuck was producing. However, Universal chief Sid Sheinberg wanted his own wife, Lorraine Gary, to have the part. Since Sheinberg was Zanuck's boss, Gary got it.

As of August 2009, her primary residence--since the late 1970s--has been on the Eastern Shore of her home state of Maryland.

Along with Charlton Heston, she is one of only two actors to appear in both Planet der Affen (1968) and Planet der Affen (2001).

Mother, with Richard D. Zanuck, of sons Harrison Zanuck and Dean Zanuck.

Along with Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, Ricardo Montalban, John Randolph, Natalie Trundy and Severn Darden, she is one of only nine actors to play the same character in more than one film in the original "Planet of the Apes" series. She played Nova in both Planet der Affen (1968) and Rückkehr zum Planet der Affen (1970). Of those nine actors, she is the last one still living as of 2020, with Trundy being the last of the others to die in 2019.

Appeared with Charlton Heston in four films: Planet der Affen (1968), Rückkehr zum Planet der Affen (1970), Giganten am Himmel (1974) and Planet der Affen (2001).

Ex-daughter-in-law of Darryl F. Zanuck and Virginia Fox.

Ex-sister-in-law of Darrilyn Zanuck DePineda.

Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).

Born on exactly the same date as Dame Helen Mirren (of Excalibur (1981) and Die Queen (2006) fame).