Trivia

Daughter of Ann Sothern and Robert Sterling.

Later became a florist and designer in the Sun Valley, Idaho, area, and today only infrequently appears in films. Has one daughter, Heidi Bates Hogan.

Debuted on the cover of Seventeen magazine with Troy Donahue in June 1962, then soloed for the May 1963 issue.

Richard Egan was her godfather.

Stepdaughter of Anne Jeffreys.

Her aunt was singer/songwriter Bonnie Lake, who wrote such standards as "Sandman," "I've Got Your Number," and "Gracias.".

In the film Les baleines du mois d'août (1987) she played the same character as her mother, Ann Sothern, in flashbacks as a younger woman--named Tisha.

Gave birth to her only child at age 21, daughter Heidi Kristen Baum, on March 3, 1966. Child's father is her husband, Lal Baum.

At 19 she and Danny Lockin, who later played Barnaby in the film version of Hello, Dolly! (1969), screen-tested for the part of Liesl and Rolf in the movie blockbuster La Mélodie du bonheur (1965), eventually losing out to Charmian Carr and Daniel Truhitte.

Was to co-star with Margaret Leighton in the Broadway play "The Chinese Prime Minister" in 1964, but was fired during the tryouts for being too young to play a sexy nymphet.

Speaking with Hugh Downs on his program 'Over Easy' in 1978 Tisha said she was diagnosed with cancer of the lymph gland and was expected to die within a year. An operation saved her life.