Gail Russell(1924-1961)

Although weighing only about 100 pounds, she was a talented archer and used a 48-pound draw bow. She could hit a two-foot target at 100 yards.

I was possessed with an agonizing kind of self-consciousness where I felt my insides tightening into a knot, where my face and hands grew clammy, where I couldn't open my mouth, where I felt impelled to turn and run if I had to meet new people. When my parents had guests, I would run, get under the piano and hide there.