She had a six month affair with Bob Hope in 1949 in which he paid for her to live in a luxurious apartment. The affair ended when she began making demands for more money.
She was stabbed in 1962 by a drunk and received 38 stitches to heal the wound.
She was the subject of a spread in Confidential Magazine in the early 1950s when then-fiancé Franchot Tone allegedly caught her in bed with Guy Madison. Tone later married her, despite the indiscretion.
Starting early in her career, she regularly used sleeping pills to sleep and speed to keep her weight down.
The film industry finally shut her out when she began flaunting the interracial relationship she was involved in, with black actor Woody Strode.
When Franchot Tone decided to divorce her, he had a private detective take pictures of her having sex with other men. He then sent the photos to all the major Hollywood studios, hoping they would ruin her career.