Checking In

December, 1981

Mary Steenburgen married Malcolm McDowell in September 1980, four months before the birth of their daughter, Lilly Amanda. They live on the top floors of a town house in New York's West Village. How did they get their apartment? Malcolm went on the "Today" show and announced that they were desperate to find a place to live. A good Samaritan landlord called, and there you have it.When writer Arthur Bell arrived at the apartment, McDowell was in New Orleans, finishing "Cat People,&q...