Refused to write her memoirs on the grounds there were many things that might embarrass her two sons and their families. She felt all the money in the world would not compensate for the embarrassment.
She had a rare singing role (sang "I'm True To The Navy") in "Paramount On Parade" (1930).
She lived in a seven-room bungalow at 512 N. Bedford Dr. in Beverly Hills.
She worked at a hot dog stand on Coney Island as a teenager, run by a man named Nathan Handwerker, who later founded Nathan's Franks. However, contrary to legend, she was not discovered there.
Sons Rex Bell Jr. (b. 1934) and George Robert (b. 1938).
Unlike many movie stars of her era she did not flaunt her wealth, but lived on par with the middle class.
WAMPAS Baby Star of 1924.
Was billed as "The Hottest Jazz Baby in Films" by independent producer B.P. Schulberg for The Plastic Age (1925).