- She had a staggeringly high I.Q. and had been reading since she was two-and-a-half years old. With a wide range of reading interests at the age of six years, Hemingway was her favorite writer and "Old Man and the Sea" her favorite book.
- Could remember her lines from any movie.
- Markedly closely related to author Hans Christian Andersen.
- For her part as "Young Mae" in the television production of Mae West (1982), she "picked up" dancing by wearing tap shoes non-stop for a week and watching Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain (1952). At the point she was assigned to a dance instructor, she was already so adept that she learned the routines in a few days.
- She learned U.S. sign language for the role of "Jill" in A Summer to Remember (1985).
- Her roommate reported that, at the time of her death, she was struggling to stay clean.
- Bridgette tested for the lead in the 1984 movie Firestarter (1984), but ultimately lost the role to Drew Barrymore. Producer Dino De Laurentiis arranged for the test after he saw Bridgette on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
- At two years old, she said to her father: "I'm an actress, you know!" Within six months, an agent had accepted her as a client and she began a three-year period of fashion modeling, T.V. commercials and bit parts in a dozen T.V. shows, including King's Crossing (1982) and Washington Mistress (1982) with Lucie Arnaz.
- Collected stuffed animals as a child, and had over a hundred of them.
- She is buried at Fir Grove Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon.
- Got her start in show business by modeling.
- Lost the title role in Firestarter to Drew Barrymore; ironically, her last acting role was playing Drew in the sitcom Unhappily Ever After, although she can only be seen from the back.
- Liked watching L.A. Kings hockey games.
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