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Show taaiHHH By Aphrodite Jones Looking at celeb spouses "Are You Anybody?" is a new daily series on the USA network that probes the lives of the men and women behind their spouses - the stars of sports, show business, the arts and politics. You've seen the situation: situa-tion: Outside a theater opening, private restaurant restau-rant or airport terminal, a well-known star is spotted by a person who runs up, showers the star with praise and then turns to the person accompanying the celebrity and asks "are you anybody?" It's usually the spouse of the well-known figure. On "Are You Anybody?," host Marilyn Funt, ex-wife of "Candid Camera's" Allen Funt, interviews the spouses of famous celebrities, on the trials and tribulations that come with being married to such a well-known star. "I was originally programmed pro-grammed to hook into someone else's success," Mrs. Funt explained in a recent telephone interview. inter-view. "I was perfectly comfortable with that until personal problems in my marriage came along. Suddenly I couldn't tolerate toler-ate being asked 'are you anybody any more." Among the celebrity mates interviewed by Mrs. Funt are the wives of Muhammad AN, Charlton Heston, Kenny Rogers, X J "A f jf . f t j Marilyn Funt Sammy Davis Jr. and Kirk Douglas. "The women who cultivated culti-vated a separate existence exis-tence for themselves, someone like Ann Douglas, Doug-las, Kirk Douglas' wife, who runs their production company, do very well," Mrs. Funt said. "Those cases are successful because both parties feel a separate sense of identity. identi-ty. "Most women get lost in the idea that they are really their husband. I would like to dispel the fantasy that says if you're married to someone successful, your life is fulfilled," Mrs. Funt said. "My message to women wom-en is to push for their own success and look at marriage mar-riage as just another thinq they do in life." 1982 Computes ( |