As a thank you at the end of filming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) she gave wardrobe mistress Wyn Keely a solid gold bracelet charm in the shape of
the car.
Succeeded Julie Andrews in the original Broadway version of "My Fair Lady".
Currently an Artistic Advisor for the Palm Beach
Theater Guild. (February 2006)
In 1990 she debuted her one-woman show, "From This Moment On", at the
Edinburgh Festival and at a benefit for the Long Island AIDS
Association at the John Drew Theatre in Easthampton, New York.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as best actress (musical)
for a revival of Brigadoon.
The daughter of Bobby Howes and Patricia Malone, and sister of Peter Howes, Sally Ann Howes is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Adopted the two sons of Richard Adler after the death of his first wife in 1964. Younger son Christopher Adler was a Broadway director and lyricist who died from AIDS in 1984 at age 30. Older son Andrew Hart Adler is an artist who apprenticed under Willem de Kooning.
Often appeared on television and on the musical stage in the 1960s and
the 1970s with actors/singers Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt.
Playing Mrs. Higgins in a touring company of "My Fair Lady". (September 2007)