"Unfortunately, before I realized that I was supposed to be a mysterious person, now that I’m in pictures, I had told several New York reporters and fan magazine writers the true story of my life – and now it’s too late to change it. I never starved in attics when I was a little girl – though there are times since I’ve been in the show business that I might have, but for my family. So why deny them, now that I am in the spotlight, even to make a good story?"

(Kay Johnson, nome d'arte di Catherine Towsend Johnson, attrice; Mount Vernon, 29 novembre 1904 – Waterford, 17 novembre 1975)