Trivia

Began dancing at the age of three, performed/traveled with a traveling variety troupe at 13, had solo dance numbers in Almost Summer (1978) and in the MacGyver (1985) episode, Dalton, Jack of Spies (1987).

Began professional modeling as a child model for the Neiman-Marcus store while attending pre-school and kindergarten when living in Dallas, TX. As a teenager and young adult she modeled in Los Angeles for Nina Blanchard and in London for Lumley's.

Starred opposite Hollywood dynasties' fathers and sons: Kirk Douglas-Michael Douglas, Lloyd Bridges-Beau Bridges.

Her son Dylan Purcell (Dylan M. McKnight) is an actor who appeared with his mother in several films.

Of French, Scots-Irish, British, Native American, North African, Spanish/Portuguese and Scandinavian ancestries.

Godmother to Celine Eckelberry, daughter of Karen Black and Stephen Eckelberry, and to Black's son Hunter Carson.

Played two characters with the last name Colter: Andrea Colter in an episode of "Matlock" (1986) and Angie Colter in an episode of "Bonanza" (1959).

She was ten weeks old when her father was killed in a midair collision during tactical training on August 24, 1947.