 Other than a single TV guest shot, she had been away from the cameras for nearly a decade, when an attempted return to filmmaking was cut short by a crippling automobile accident in 1977.A native of Los Angeles, Hugueny, born on a leap day, became interested in the arts, particularly acting, in her early teens.She took language and ballet classes, had written a play at age 14, and a year later, in 1959, was attending San Fernando Valley State College as a student in drama.