The decade of the '80s covered distinct and certainly
diverse areas of my life. I married twice, first to a president of a film
studio,and the other, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and a healer. I made
two very good movies in the mid-eighties, Secret Admirer and
Jagged Edge. I starred for a season on Dallas in a wildly outrageous
role that I thoroughly enjoyed. I traveled to Europe with a very fine and
prestigious production of the The Beckett Plays and met with Samuel
Beckett.
In 1985, I toured Egypt, Israel, Greece and Italy for some months,
returning to powerful spiritual roots. This journey activated my desire to
be of greater service. I met Ted Turner and became very involved with his
Better World Society , and worked for several years in behalf of Ted and
his vision for a better world through quality television programming.
I made two more movies in the late-eighties that involved extensive
travel. One film was Honeymoon Academy which kept me in Spain for
many months. The second film, Accidents, was three months in South
Africa. Both of these films were fascinating experiences.
I ended the decade with a strong desire to work to better the
environment. I began working for the United Nations Environment Programme
under Dr. Noel Brown as a Special Consultant in Arts and Media. Olivia
Newton-John and I both enjoyed sharing our passion to help raise
environmental consciousness. In the nineties, I would heighten this
commitment.
