Talking out for the primary time, the heartbroken 63-year-old mother stated Katherine could have tried to succeed in out to her earlier than committing suicide, and Sanz believes Katherine could be alive right now if the pair was allowed to develop a mother-daughter relationship.
“I really feel that she wished to know me,” Sanz stated, referring to a mysterious Christmas card she obtained in 2025 signed with a query mark. “She’d be alive right now if I have been in her life. I may need been in a position to possibly assist her.”
Sanz grew up within the Massachusetts foster care system, and as an emancipated 17-year-old, she moved to NYC to work as a housekeeper in Englewood, N.J., for acclaimed actress Renee Taylor.
When Sanz turned pregnant, she claimed Taylor “put a whole lot of stress on me to provide the newborn up” or lose her job. However the Oscar-nominated screenwriter denied the allegations and stated Sanz voluntarily participated within the adoption course of.
“She [Sanz] requested me to undertake the newborn,” stated the 93-year-old, who starred in The Producers and the sitcom The Nanny. “And I stated no, I could not, and I stated I’d discover a good residence for the newborn.”