Was offered the role of Eve but her husband (Dick Powell) did not think she was right for the part.

Carroll was contracted by Warner Brothers who planned to lend her to 20th Century Fox for the title role of Eve, but she became pregnant and the role went to Joanne Woodward, who won an Oscar for the role.

According to an interview with Blyth, she was considered for the lead.

Director Nunnally Johnson wanted the great Garland for the true-life story of a woman with multiple personalities. The studio feared Garland's personal problems would impact upon her reliability.

Turned down the true-life role of a young woman beset by multiple personality disorder.