1. -  Karen Black, Five Easy Pieces, 1970.  She read for Jack Nicholson's lover, wound up as his brother's fiancee. “Jack wanted Lauren Hutton.  [Scenarist] Carole Eastman  wanted Jeanne Moreau. Bob Rafelson wanted  me.  So  I  got  it.”  Plus a son, Caleb, from her affair with Nicholson.

2. - Maggie McOmie, THX 1138, 1971.  “First film I was ever offered.”  George Lucas' feature debut, based on his USC short. “But I didn't want to shave my head.”

3. - Ronnee Blakely, Nashville, l975. Two stories. Director Robert Altman: “As the picture developed we coudn't afford her.  She wouldn't drop her price,  so we lost her.” Anspach: “I had a nervous breakdown” - unhappy with Altman's low-salary ensemble  casting.  Ronee had never acted before - “she was as good as anyone in the film,” said Altman. She had  already written some of Barbara Jean's songs.