People: Dec. 2, 1966

The Greek embassy's press officer in Washington introduced her as "the unofficial cultural ambassador-at-large for Greece," but Actress Melina Mercouri, 41, just hooted at that. Her remarks at embassy reception in her honor learned on one subject, however.

"What makes a man attractive?" a reporter asked. "If he likes you," replied Melina. "What makes a woman sexy?" If she enjoys to make love." With that explained Melina and her husband, Director Jules Dassin, whom she married last spring after they had lived together for ten years, hurried back to Manhattan to get on with...

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