Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobleywas an American actress, television personality and Miss America 1959...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth17 February 1939
CountryUnited States of America
mother daughter two
My daughter is one of the associate producers on two shows for Disney. I am really proud of her.
cocky years two
I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins. It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.
home two months
I'm home about two days a month, and on those I have to pack.
diagnosed doctors illness incurable time
At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it.
additional bit front money searching
I testified in front of a Congressional subcommittee when we were searching for additional money for research. I was a bit apprehensive.
attack home state stay violent
The one thing I have wanted to stay away from is the steroids. When I had an attack two years ago in my home state of Mississippi, they put me on steroids, thinking they were doing the right thing, and I had a violent reaction.
believe easy surgery unless
I just don't believe in surgery unless there are no other alternatives. I think that sometimes it is so easy to say, Let's operate.
alone disease middle platform square
I want to stand on a platform in the middle of Times Square and shout, 'You do not have to battle your Crohn's disease alone.'
thinking hands doctors
Have a hand in your own treatment. I have nothing but praise for our doctors, but I think they could help us better, and we can help them if we work together.
months answers letters
I get about 25 letters a month, and I answer every one of them.
cancer race survivor
I do a lot of races for the cure for breast cancer.
thinking doctors years
I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis.
disease certain form
Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.
church grew feels
I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.