You've been reading the comments under the post, haven't you?
I'm not one of those people who believe that anyone has to speak positively of a previous experience, especially if it's not the truth of their experience. (of course, those of us who go to job interviews know we have to use diplomacy when speaking of a previous work experience, even with sh*t jobs, lol. For actors, especially 40-50 years ago, there's no incentive to try to 'pretty things up').
Then again, Kathleen Turner said that she did once introduce herself to Lauren Bacall by saying "Hi, I'm the young you". So she's never been in the business of being that polite.
I was looking at the dates and it looks as if there were two different writers between 1976-1979. There were also two different Noras, no? Marland may have left before or just as Turner was beginning on the show.