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Kathryn Sermak

Biography

Kathryn Sermak

Kathryn Sermak is the co-founder of the Bette Davis Foundation and co-executor of the Bette Davis Estate. In addition to Bette Davis, Kathryn has been personal assistant to HH Princess Shams Pahlavi; French actress Isabelle Adjani; the statesman and journalist Pierre Salinger; astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin; Motown Founder Berry Gordy Jr.; famed American designer Patrick Kelly; and the co-creator of "Where's Waldo," Michael Gornall. Kathryn was also among the first to receive the Personal Assistant Career Award in 2003.

Kathryn Sermak

Books by Kathryn Sermak

Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis
by Kathryn Sermak with Danelle Morton - Memoir, Nonfiction

As Bette Davis aged, she was looking for an assistant, but she found something more than that in Kathryn Sermak: a loyal and loving confidante, a co-conspirator in her jokes and schemes, and a competent worker whom she trained to never miss a detail. For 10 years, Kathryn was at Miss D's side --- first as an employee and then as her closest friend. Throughout their time together, Kathryn had a front-row seat to Davis' late-career renaissance, as well as to the humiliating public betrayal that nearly killed her beloved boss and benefactor. MISS D & ME is an intimate account of the last years of the unique and formidable Bette Davis --- a tale of extreme kindness, unfailing loyalty, breathtaking style, and the beautiful friendship that endured through it all.