Her son, Michael T. Cates, writes music and science fiction and lives in
Dallas; he has an aka "Mohawk Mike"which he is also known as. Her second son, with Mel Welles, an actor, is Kevin K. Welles.
A 1957 graduate of W.H. Adamson High School in Dallas.
Studied acting under both Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.
[Dallas Morning News, May 20, 1963, regarding co-star Richard Burton in Cleopatra] I was supposed to be one of Mark Antony's mistresses and he grabs me as I dance by. His kiss didn't do a thing to me. He is a very intellectual person and very appealing, but he likes to take advantage of people.