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Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch
Founder of Scientology's Celebrity Centre

Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch was a major figure in the Church of Scientology, one of the most beloved people in Scientology, and the founder of Scientology's Celebrity Centres. She passed away at the young age of fifty, but along the way she touched so many lives.

• To this day, Yvonne still resides in a special place in the hearts of those who knew her. This is a place where personal stories, from those who knew her, are presented.

• During the ten years that she spent working out of Los Angeles, California, 1968 to 1977, she met and worked with many celebrities. Many, but surely not all, that she knew are listed on this page.

• Your stories about Yvonne are very much welcome. To have them added here, please e-mail them to Howard Dickman at BlkC5vette@aol.com. Thank you so much for visiting.

• (This page is an addendum to Yvonne's upcoming biography page.)

Personal Rememberances

Celebrities who knew Yvonne
Celebrity Centre International
Amanda Ambrose
Flo Barnett
Candice Bergen
Karen Black
Joe Boyd
Stephen Boyd
John Brodie
Chris Brubeck
Darius Brubeck
Dinah Christie
Stanley Clarke
Chick Corea
Mario Feninger
Anne Francis
Dick Glass
Larry Gluck
Mike Heron
Rock Hudson
Al_Jarreau
Milton Katselas
Roy Kerswill
Richard Kiel
Ernest Lehman
Robb Levin
Geoffrey Lewis
Robert F. Lyons
Licorice McKechnie
Mickey McMeel
Jim McMullan
Chuck O'Steen
Joan Prather
Albert Ribisi
Andrik Schapers
Beverly Sills
Don Simpson
Rose Simpson
Tom Solari
Ingo Swann
Judy Norton Taylor
John Travolta
Tamara Wilcox
Robin Williamson
Shelly Winters

• "I remember first meeting Yvonne on February 9, 1973, when she arrived as the headliner speaker for the grand opening of the Church of Scientology of San Diego. I was a poor U.S. sailor who had only been in Scientology about six months and was part time staff, working as a grader for the personality tests that we administered to new people. Yvonne walked through the front doors, passed though our small reception area and came right up to my desk as I was working. She introduced herself and we conversed, as if we had been lifelong friends, for several minutes. To this day, some forty years later, I have not met another person with so much charisma and caring; she was an extraordinary lady, one I will never ever forget. I dedicate my work, on her biography, in her honor." Howard Dickman, April, 2013

• "Yvonne was a charismatic person who drew out people’s hopes and dreams and loved them unconditionally. They all felt it and wanted to be in her orbit. People would fight to be near her. They would do things to be a part of her future. They would open missions, contact celebrities, create events etc, to be on her wave length." Anonymous, April, 2013

• "Yvonne pulled out a sheaf of papers in a file. Probably 150 pages dog eared, falling all over. Just kind of stuffed into a manila folder. I asked her, what are those? She said "oh , just some things that Ron wrote to me." I told her I think we need to get those made in to some kind of issues. We did. Those are now the "advices." I think, as they say, my hatA hat therefore designates particular status and duties in an organization. (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)...more blew-v. ''Slang'' unauthorized departure from an area. (HCOB 19 Jun 71 II) off. I think they were then sent to Flag and made in to " R Advices" which prior to that time, these "advices were not known. This would have been around 74. Another endearing quality about her....when she was just "put out" with someone, she would say "they need to see a psychiatrist." It was very funny." Anonymous, April, 2013

• "Around 1975, Yvonne had her own list of people she kept in touch with weekly. She had her own stationary made, and her secretary, Ivy Johnson, would send out a personal note to Yvonne’s people weekly, and Yvonne would personally sign these notes. They would include a policy or a quote from a policy. She would put little personal notes in them too." Anonymous, April, 2013

• "She was a very special woman. And I never met up with a mean bone in her body. She was a great example of care of people. Great things like -- the Gross Income was down,,, no money coming in. Instead of running around the Org screaming at people, she basically had everyone STOP their work and Clean their areas -- I saw this throughout the Data Files, and it always ended with an increase in GI." Nancy Many, April, 2013

• "If anyone from that darkness deserves this (Remembrance page), it was her. Of course she had her faults and her blind sides, but she was such a Light in the Darkness of the desert that she should be remembered." Nancy Many, April, 2013

• "Yvonne was a very special person, in the highest meaning of the word "special". A speaker at one of the conventions in LA was going on a bit on a subject of minimal interest to the group. He drew a breath and everyone applauded, and with good grace the speaker nodded and left the podium. Yvonne said "they cut him off..." She immediately went to stage front and ran some brief havingness on the crowd. A very enlightened sensitive lady indeed." Pat Krenik, April, 2013

• "When Yvonne died, it was a shock to me. She was so young and vital. For some unknown reason I was concerned for her and was wondering how she (as a being) was doing now. About a month after her death I was sleeping and she came and talked to me. I slowly woke up; she was still talking. It was very clear, in her own voice with that delightful accent, and the communication1. the consideration and action of impelling an impulse or particle from source point across a distance to receipt point with the intention of bringing into being at the receipt point a duplication and understanding of that which emanated from the source point. (HCOB 5 Apr 73)...more was aimed at my stomach area. She was saying in those lovely tones for me not to worry, she was just fine. She repeated the concept several times in slightly different ways. No way was I imagining it or hallucinating it or dreaming it--I was wide awake and alert by the time the communication1. the consideration and action of impelling an impulse or particle from source point across a distance to receipt point with the intention of bringing into being at the receipt point a duplication and understanding of that which emanated from the source point. (HCOB 5 Apr 73)...more was ended." Pat Krenik, April, 2013

• "My girlfriend and I were suppose to meet Yvonne and Heber at the Burbank airport, 4;30 Friday night. We check in, the airplane is boarding and yet no Yvonne. I asked the ticket lady to hold the plane as this VIP is on her way; she couldn’t wait any longer and said get on the plane or bye bye. Then Yvonne showed up, just in time and we get to Las Vegas. That night the four of us went to see Shirley MacLaine’s - One Woman Show. We had a fancy table up front, Shirley sent us a bottle of champagne and met us back stage after the show; we were treated well. I found out later, that Shirley’s PRAbbreviation for public relations. The art of making good works well known. (HCO PL 21 Nov 72 I) person was a Scientologist and had set it up, Yvonne really enjoyed herself. The next day, after going to CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Las Vegas, the four of us went swimming in the hotel pool. I could see that Yvonne and Heber were both in love and were so happy. I don’t think they had that many moments like that in the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., I still have that imagine of Heber and Yvonne playing in the pool together." Roger Weller, April, 2013

• "I am honored to say that I knew Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch, and that she was my friend. We were comrades staying a difficult course together, and kept in touch over the years until her death in early 1978. I miss her still." Hana Eltringham Whitfield, April, 2013

• "Peter and Yvonne brought me into Scio - even though I never met them until the SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor. in 1962. They built a massive field practice . . . . They were business professionals and tremendously loving - especially Yvonne!" Alan Walters, posted on the Ex Scientologist Message Board, February 20, 2009