Judith Bowles

And the elevator doors open, and there are all these people lined up in various costumes and stuff, like extras in Hollywood movies and stuff. And they're reading Variety, and they're all lined up. Leading up to Nanny's hospital room door. Stop it. She's like, what is going on? And she opens the hospital room door. Nanny is propped up, sitting in bed with her arms crossed, you know, like that.

And the elevator doors open, and there are all these people lined up in various costumes and stuff, like extras in Hollywood movies and stuff. And they're reading Variety, and they're all lined up. Leading up to Nanny's hospital room door. Stop it. She's like, what is going on? And she opens the hospital room door. Nanny is propped up, sitting in bed with her arms crossed, you know, like that.

And there's a little girl in a tutu. dancing with a baton and her father is in the corner with a harmonica and this little girl is performing and ends in a split and nanny says very good thank you i'll tell carol about you send in the next one no No way. Oh, my God. Because we lived in Hollywood and she knew all of these various people. And the word got out that she was auditioning people.

And there's a little girl in a tutu. dancing with a baton and her father is in the corner with a harmonica and this little girl is performing and ends in a split and nanny says very good thank you i'll tell carol about you send in the next one no No way. Oh, my God. Because we lived in Hollywood and she knew all of these various people. And the word got out that she was auditioning people.

And my cousin said, Nanny, what are you? She said, well, I got bored.

And my cousin said, Nanny, what are you? She said, well, I got bored.

So she was a con artist.

So she was a con artist.

By making it, I felt that I could—if I went to New York, all I wanted was to be able to put food on the table, clothes on my back, and pay the rent.

By making it, I felt that I could—if I went to New York, all I wanted was to be able to put food on the table, clothes on my back, and pay the rent.

I did not think about being a headliner. At all. It was just I wanted to perform and do whatever I could. Right. So making it would have been to be able to sustain myself.

I did not think about being a headliner. At all. It was just I wanted to perform and do whatever I could. Right. So making it would have been to be able to sustain myself.

But I remember, and I have told this story before, because sometimes I get mail or people ask, how do you accept a rejection?

But I remember, and I have told this story before, because sometimes I get mail or people ask, how do you accept a rejection?

You know, because you get depressed or what, you know, because you're going to be rejected. Even the best of us. Even the best. And I remember this one time, I can't remember what I was auditioning for, but it wasn't a big deal. But it narrowed down to me and another girl. And I thought I had it. I thought I had it, but I didn't. She had it.

You know, because you get depressed or what, you know, because you're going to be rejected. Even the best of us. Even the best. And I remember this one time, I can't remember what I was auditioning for, but it wasn't a big deal. But it narrowed down to me and another girl. And I thought I had it. I thought I had it, but I didn't. She had it.

But what saved me was, and I don't know where this came from, but I'm grateful. I thought, well, you know what? It's her turn. It's not my turn yet.

But what saved me was, and I don't know where this came from, but I'm grateful. I thought, well, you know what? It's her turn. It's not my turn yet.

No. I said, thank you, God. I thought, well, that's okay.

No. I said, thank you, God. I thought, well, that's okay.