Legit? She was 30 years old in D.C. and never had a man lunge at her? That's baloney. Not a chance. I guarantee it.
Oscar Levant about Doris Day" "I used to know her before she was a virgin."
Well, the timing in this version would have them both unmarried at the time and working in Miami.
Perhaps not coincidentally, she did go to work in DC shortly after this encounter.
That the gal known for performing in an elevator with a married exec would say no to someone in a position to help her career is the far-fetched part.