Dyan Cannon's character "Christine" in
The Last of Sheila (1973) was based on Mengers, as was Shelley Winters's character "Eva Brown" in
S.O.B. (1981), which starred Julie Andrews and was directed by Andrews's husband
Blake Edwards. In response to this latter satirical portrayal of her, Mengers responded to the Edwardses with this: "An Alp should fall on their house.".