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Much of the credit for Caulkins' success must go to former Nashville coach Paul Bergen, who now heads up the women's program at the University of Texas in Austin. "Coach Bergen was the one who helped me to break through, realize my potential, and get to the top." Caulkins says. "Psychologically he taught me how to handle success and failure, as well as how to rely on myself for strength...
...response to the comment that Bergen is often referred to as an overly domineering and pushy coach. Caulkins tacitly agrees, saying "Coach Bergen did have a lot of control over our lives in and out of the pool, but I was at the age where it didn't bother me too much. Besides, it all paid off because everyone swam fast under...
...residents, paying as little as $12 a week for their pink-and-green, 9-ft. by 12-ft. cubicles, ran largely to aspiring models and actresses. Many ran far, among them Grace Kelly, Joan Crawford, Gene Tierney, Lauren Bacall, Barbara Bel Geddes, Dorothy McGuire, Liza Minnelli, Ali MacGraw, Candice Bergen, Cloris Leachman. Eileen Ford stabled her young models at the Barbizon. The Katharine Gibbs secretarial school reserved three floors for its students...
...stop Co-Stars Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins from feuding on the set. The cast of Rich and Famous, Director George Cukor's remake of the film, is truer to its spirit. Jacqueline Bisset, 36, who has the Davis role of a brainy novelist, and Candice Bergen, 34, who plays a housewife turned bestseller queen, are in fact acting like old acquaintances. "We never worked together before, but Candice is terrific," Bisset gushes. "We've become great friends." Of course, Davis and Hopkins probably did not have Jackie's down-to-earth perspective on being...
DIED. John J. Bergen, 84, a Pennsylvania mine owner's son who became a top industrialist and investment banker, playing a leading role in the construction of the new $100 million Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1968; in Cuernavaca, Mexico...