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.
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.