On one occasion she said without persuasion "I want to be let alone."

[cyrano]

Who am I thinking of? My throat is all phlegmy and I said "I sound like Martha Rae" but that's not who I sound like--it's like Phyllis Diller but raspier and even deeper. Or, maybe Harvey Fierstein in drag. Argh! Who am I thinking of? Who do I sound like?