The German actress, a longtime friend and lover of JFK’s father, Joe, accepted an invitation from the president to have drinks at the White House in September of 1963 — when Dietrich, then aged 60, was putting on a one-woman show in Washington. JFK, 20 years her junior, made what she referred to as “a clumsy pass” at her in a bedroom near the West Sitting Room. Her performance was in a half-hour. “That doesn’t give us much time, does it?” Kennedy replied.

She later told friend Gore Vidal that her initial reaction of, “You know, Mr. President, I am not very young” eventually became, “Don’t muss my hair. I’m performing.” It was over in 20 minutes, and when JFK started to fall asleep, Dietrich shook him awake because she didn’t know how to get out of the White House.

Afterward, the president allegedly asked her if she’d slept with his father, and when she lied “no,” responded “I always knew the son of a bitch was lying,” according to Vanity Fair.