{"id":244,"date":"2018-09-13T21:45:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T21:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.223.111.131\/bette-davis\/?p=244"},"modified":"2022-01-26T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:47:19","slug":"interview-with-kathryn-sermak-author-of-miss-d-me-life-with-the-invincible-bette-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bettedavis.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/13\/interview-with-kathryn-sermak-author-of-miss-d-me-life-with-the-invincible-bette-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW WITH KATHRYN SERMAK, AUTHOR OF MISS D & ME: LIFE WITH THE INVINCIBLE BETTE DAVIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve had the pleasure of interviewing Kathryn Sermak, Bette Davis\u2019 former assistant and author of the memoir\u00a0Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis<\/i>. I met Kathryn at her book talk and signing at the Harvard Coop back in November of last year. She was very kind and gave everyone a bookplate modeled after the one Davis used in her own library.\u00a0Miss D & Me<\/i>\u00a0is now available in paperback from Hachette Books.<\/p>\n

Raquel Stecher: How did you come to meet and work for Bette Davis?<\/b><\/p>\n

Kathryn Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0It was June 1979 and I had just finished working for the Shahs Sister of Iran, Princess Pahlavi. At that time there was no organizations for personal assistants. Miss Davis was looking for someone to travel and assist her while working on a film being shot in England. Miss Davis hired Mr. Carlson, who had a company that serviced Vip\u2019s. He had heard about me through the grapevine and the rest of the story is told in our book\u00a0Miss D & Me.<\/i><\/p>\n

Stecher: What was Davis like as your employer and your friend?<\/b><\/p>\n

Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0In the beginning It was like \u201cBoot Camp\u201d. Miss D had her way of doing things that I thought we\u2019re ridiculous and I had to learn her system. At 23, and a college graduate, I was no different than kids today \u2013 at that age one thinks they can conquer the world \u2013 the world is our oyster and I was hungry to venture out and discover it. Miss D on the other hand was 71 and felt I was unworldly and had a lot to learn. \u201cRough beginning make great endings\u201d She would say. It\u2019s through this journey, as I tell in our book, that the roles at times change (like when she had the stroke) and we became best friends. She could be so funny and loved playing practical jokes.<\/p>\n

Stecher:<\/b>\u00a0Bette Davis lived an unapologetic life. What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about her?<\/b><\/p>\n

Sermak:\u00a0<\/b>It wasn\u2019t until after Miss D\u2019s passing that I started to hear all these stories about her. Because she was so private \u2013 people often thought she was the character she played in the films. They loved the character she portrayed and would often see themselves in that role. In\u00a0Miss D & Me<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 I show the private Miss D, the woman and all she stood for\u2026 She loved her family and her work were of the utmost important.<\/p>\n

Stecher: What\u2019s an important life lesson Davis taught you that you still put into practice today?<\/b>
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\n<\/b>Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0Miss D always said, \u201cMarch to the beat of your own drum and follow your passion.\u201d \u201cTrust your instincts-they\u2019re never wrong.\u201d It so true, the latter took me longer to learn.<\/p>\n

Stecher: What was your favorite memory with Davis?\u00a0<\/b>
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\n<\/b>Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0I have so many \u2013 are we discussing the funny times, learning the lessons, girlfriends chatting, dinner parties\u2026 there are so many that I discuss in the book \u2013 it\u2019s hard to chose just one.<\/p>\n

Stecher: A lot of my readers are big fans of TCM and loved Robert Osborne. Osborne and Davis were quite close at the end of her life. Do you have a happy memory of the two of them together to share?\u00a0<\/b>
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\n<\/b>Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0Oh I have so many. Bob, as I called him, Miss D\u2019s nick name for him was \u201cBully.\u201d Bob would call Miss D, \u201cSpuds\u201d because she loved potatoes \u2013 any type, shape or form. I just went through my scrapbook and some of Bob\u2019s letters to Miss D \u2013 they shared so many wonderful times together. Never a dull moment. On one of his cards it reads, \u201cYou are a kindred spirit someone with whom words are not needed\u2026 Happy Memories, there were many as I mention in the book. Miss D making Easter bonnets for Bob to wear at her home and he\u2019s playing with an Easter rabbit, she named Mr. Brier. They were good friends. He was a Taurus and she was an Aries. At times \u2013 they both could be stubborn but they had love and deep admiration for one another.<\/p>\n

Stecher: What inspired you to write a book about your years with Bette Davis?<\/b><\/p>\n

Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0It\u2019s a promise I made to Miss D many years ago. She told me, \u201cKath, one day you must write about our story, book first then a movie.\u201d I always said no. She said, \u201cOh, yes you will \u2013 promise me \u2013 it\u2019s a great story and there\u2019s much in it for everyone young and old to learn from.\u201d You will write the book first and then a movie. I didn\u2019t understand it back then, but over the years, reading her letters to me, listening to tapes, I matured and understood what I promised her I would do.<\/p>\n

Stecher: You and Davis recorded your conversations. How did these tapes become the source material for your memoir?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Sermak:\u00a0<\/b>When we recorded these conversations, it wasn\u2019t that we were doing it for writing a memoir. We were living life in the moment. The tapes started when I moved to France to be with my boyfriend. Even though I spoke to Miss D regularly, I made them to introduce her to life in France and she recorded all the goings on at home \u2013 just like we were there in each other\u2019s presence. Over time \u2013 some lead for me to interview her as a reporter- (next step for a possible job opportunity- new career) At that point, it was more Miss D always looking and empowering my growth, she often said, \u201cif women could only be more supportive to other women instead of tearing them down \u2013 they would get a lot farther. Look at the men they support one another like in the old boys club days.\u201d She did that for me way ahead of her time.<\/p>\n

Stecher: What do you hope readers take away from your memoir?<\/b><\/p>\n

Sermak:<\/b>\u00a0There\u2019s so much in our story for the youth today can learn so much from the elderly and the elderly have so much to give. They\u2019ve lived life, they want to pass on the lessons they\u2019ve learned so the youth won\u2019t make the same mistakes but new ones moving the world forward.<\/p>\n

The baby boomers whose parents or dear friends hit illnesses \u2013 shows both sides of what the patient and the care giver goes through. There were no books on it at that time.<\/p>\n

For woman today, Miss D was a pioneer \u2013 way ahead of her time. She was very supportive of woman as I stated earlier and I tell many stories in the book about her mentoring me. And it\u2019s about universal love. Your readers can check out:\u00a0Missdandme.com<\/a>\u00a0or on Facebook:\u00a0BetteDavis.com\/missdandme<\/a><\/p>\n

Stecher: Tell us about The Bette Davis Foundation, Inc. that you co-founded with her son Michael Merrill.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Sermak:\u00a0<\/b>We created The Bette Davis Foundation foundation to raise funds to award scholarships to aspiring actresses and actors, as well as talented students in a cross section of related fields within the entertainment industry. We gave the first Bette Davis Lifetime Achievement Award to Meryl Streep in 1998 at Boston University. One of the students from Boston University was the first recipient of the scholarship.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the\u00a0foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bette Davis Foundation<\/div>\n
c\/o Merrill & McGeary<\/div>\n
100 State Street, Suite 200<\/div>\n
Boston, MA, USA 02109<\/div>\n
Phone: (617) 523-1760<\/div>\n
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