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Palm Springs, Calif., 1968: Gary Burden had contrived this idea that we would take a limo down to Palm Springs and get there right at dawn and take pictures on the sand dunes as the sun was coming up. We left late at night, and Gary had this old Persian rug and I brought that lute. Me and Gary had gotten this costume at a movie costume place, and we stopped at the supermarket and got the scallions and grapes and peaches and pineapple. We trooped out onto the sand dunes and set this up, and by 8 o'clock in the morning we'd shot for about a half an hour. It was so hot, it was already approaching 100 degrees and her makeup was melting down her face. It's a beauty, yeah -- I call it the Cass Cleopatra shot. And you can see the amused look on her face.



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Bruh

Mama Cass....she had a very nice voice.
Carnie, could play her, as she also has
a nice voice.

March 23 2008 at 4:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cis4cow

I am blown away by these wonderful, beautiful pictures of Mama Cass! I agree totally with Willow's remark, in looking at these new photo's of Mama Cass, she really wasn't that heavy as I think she was portrayed to be. She was full figured for sure, but "obese", No way!!
Cis4cow

November 17 2007 at 3:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Merrily

Mama Cass had an amazing voice. It was tragic that we lost her at such a young age.

November 17 2007 at 12:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Suzy

If you look real carefully, she isn't any fatter than Star Jones was, or Roseanne, or Rosie O, Kirstie Alley. There's a slew of actresses I could name that were bigger than Mama Cass...

November 16 2007 at 9:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Edward Hicks

I'll bet Mama Cass never ate a grape in her life.

November 16 2007 at 8:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply