December 29, 1964, Tuesday

Well today was it with Nana! She bugged me too much! I finally told her off. I really told her what I thought of her. It was a terrible fight, but I can’t stand to see my Mom hurt so much. So, Nana really got it. I told her nobody could stand her and she never closes her mouth long enough to listen to anybody else. I found out you can’t argue with her, she has an answer for everything. Finally she got so upset she left and my sister Donna had to leave her apartment she was staying in, and come home. I felt terrible, but I couldn’t help myself any longer, She’s a Monster!

Here is a picture of Nana in 1968, taken at our house in Culver City, right after the sale of the Maybelline Company.

She reminds me of Samantha’s mother, Endora (Agnes Moorehead),  the chief antagonist in the TV show, Bewitched.  Except Nana was much more beautiful.

Nana and I were very close, but we’d get into verbal battles that would end with one of us walking out the door.  Read my book The Maybelline Story and you will see what I’m talking about.  

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