Dr. Ruth is 90.5 and living her best life, but an Oscar would be nice

PARK CITY, Utah - When Dr. Ruth Westheimer was first asked if she wanted to be the subject of a documentary, her answer was swift and decisive: Absolutely not. She was too busy, and besides, she'd talked plenty about her decades-long career as a renowned sex therapist. She simply wasn't interested. At all.

But then producer Rafael Marmor sent her a link to one of his prior films called "No Place on Earth." Instantly, the title resonated with her. During the Holocaust, when she was just 10, she'd been separated from her parents in Germany and sent on a Kindertransport to an orphanage in Switzerland. Her family's decision saved her life; they were all killed by the Nazis. But at the end of World War II, when she and the other surviving orphans were transported to Israel, that was how she felt - like there was nowhere in the world where she belonged.

"So a few days after sending her my documentary, I got a call from a 212 number that I didn't recognize," Marmor recalls . "And it was, like, 'Hello? Rafi? I am very interested now. Let's talk.'"

Westheimer enthusiastically agreed to participate in "Ask Dr. Ruth," which premiered to glowing