"My awareness of the mistakes in my life didn't come too late."
Peggy
with suave but tone-deaf ex-husband Buddy Judy (Dan Lishner). Their
beautiful romance ended after their room-clearing Steve and Eydie-esque duet
at Ed's Frolic Room in Hollywood.
Q: Any regret in life?
JUDY: I could say yes, many. "Regret: Awareness that comes to
late." But I would have to say no, no regrets. My awareness of the mistakes
in my life didn't come too late. I am finally doing everything I always
wanted to do because I gave myself permission. I was given the gift of
awareness--from friends who cared about me and from God, I believe. Joseph
Campbell said: "...it is miraculous....if you do follow your bliss you put
yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for
you, and the life that you ought to be living is the life you are
living....I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open
where you didn't know they were going to be."
Q: What do you fear most?
JUDY: Giving up, not taking a chance, taking the safe route.
Q:
What is the most pleasant site to your eyes?
JUDY: My daughter's face. She has beautiful eyes.
Q: Your favorite stage personality?
JUDY: It's hard there are so many great ones. Danny Kaye was
fantastic. I loved Red Skelton too. Jackie Gleason. Eric Bogosian.
Q: And favorite female singer?
JUDY: I'd have to say Judy Garland. She really was a genius. The
emotional resonance in her singing--she just truly broke your heart. I also
have to say: if you listen to Barbara Streisand
on the Third Album--her pitch is just extraordinary. it's eerie. I tell
everyone who sings to listen to
her.
Photo: Peggy poses with 60's movie queen Stella Stevens outside a glamorous West Hollywood nightclub after a soldout show! Continues NEXT