Trivia

Is part Cherokee.

Is a former Miss Kansas (1973 Miss America Pageant, and top 10 finalist), an achievement which is said to have inspired the sequence in Erin Brockovich (2000) in which her personal friend, Julia Roberts, describes her previous glory as "Miss Wichita.".

Directed by husband Bud Yorkin in Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) and Love Hurts (1990).

Member of the PGA, Women In Film, and is part of the executive committee for the Visionary Women group.

Mother, with Bud Yorkin, of Jessica Yorkin & Michael Yorkin.

Stepmother of Nicole Yorkin & David Yorkin.

Dated Warren Beatty and Harry Hamlin.