I played Big Mama in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' when I was 20 years old at the University of Michigan.
I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down.
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.
I want to do a Tennessee Williams play.
Tennessee Williams moves my soul.
I'm not living with you. We occupy the same cage. (Maggie)
I'm absolutely an Elizabeth Taylor fan!
I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?
Liquor is one way out an’ death’s the other.
In 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' I couldn't take my eyes off Judith Anderson as Big Mama.
You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor.
