Word: klutz
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Demure Deflowering. Candice is generally hailed as heiress apparent to Grace Kelly, but the princess role does not quite fit. Says she: "Basically I'm the klutz who makes a terrific entrance to the party and then trips and falls and walks around with food in her hair. That ice-maiden stuff is a big defense-it's protection. It keeps a lot of Shriners and creeps away." She greets friends with a breezy "How's your ass anyway?" In casual conversation she may burp, giggle uncontrollably and then tell about the time at Westlake School when...
...occupational klutz with girls, Elliott was always alone, except for an occasional buddy. He was gambling compulsively by the time his mother and father went to Florida for the 1958 season. He ran up debts, pawned his father's jewelry to pay some of them off, and had their home phone disconnected when hoods started calling him to demand the rest of their payment. He and a friend sold phony ads for a nonexistent labor newspaper until the racket got too hot to handle; then Elliott took odd jobs?as a rug-cleaner salesman, a theatrical-school teacher, night elevator...