Trivia: The Daughters of Charity and “The Flying Nun”

Sister Bertrille, the “Flying Nun” of a 1960’s US TV series,  was actually created by a writer named Marie Teresa Rios Versace who got the idea for this character when a friend spoke of seeing a nun with a large headpiece almost fly off her feet on a Paris street. For more background visit the blog Collecting Childrens Books.