Trivia

Does not drink or smoke. When questioned about this by Johnny Carson, she quipped, "I do other things".

Her two daughters from her first marriage (Gena Marie, Amy Nicole) were both killed in a car accident in Anaheim, Orange County, California on May 7, 1983. She had another daughter (Gigi Marie) that passed away shortly after birth (Born April 3, 1962, died April 18).

Claims to be of Scandinavian and Cherokee Indian descent.

Born in Carthage, Missouri. Raised on a farm near Twin Falls, ID.

As of 2016 was reported to be divorced and living in a small town in Sonoma County, CA.