Sharon Gless: In conversation

"I've been surrounded by movies all my life," said actress Sharon Gless. "And I dreamed that someday, I could do that."

Raised in an upper-class Los Angeles neighborhood, Gless grew up surrounded by the allure of Hollywood. "I used to go out there at night, and they had klieg lights going across the sky in those days," she said.

Her grandfather, Neil McCarthy, was a powerful entertainment lawyer in town. His clients included Howard Hughes, Cecil B. DeMille, and Louis B. Mayer.