Rita Wilson was honored earlier today with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20210 Installation Gala.
I caught up with a the “Sleepless in Seattle” star, 64, yesterday to talk about her start in the business, being mentored by Nora Ephron and battling Covid with husband Tom Hanks during the early days of the pandemic.When you heard the chamber wanted to give you the Lifetime Achievement Award, what goes through your head?I was trying to count.
I think I’ve been in this business now 50 years because my first job was when I was 14 years old.
I was cast as a model for Harper’s Bazaar magazine by the famous photographer Albert Watson.
That launched me into being in the business.
And then two years later, I got cast as Pat Conway on “The Brady Bunch.” That’s how I got my SAG card.Tell
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