Profiled in book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen Silverman. [1999]
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame in the early 1960s. It is located at 6440 Hollywood Blvd.
She has an entry in Jean Tulard's "Dictionnaire du Cinéma/Les Acteurs" published in Paris in 2007 (ISBN: 978-2-221-10895-6), pages 384, 385.
She has two great-grandchildren from yoga instructor granddaughter Ann Shinnick Streibich.
She was one of the most active supporters of the Republican Party in Hollywood, and campaigned for Richard Nixon in 1960. She later supported Ronald Reagan's two runs for Governor of California and his two presidential campaigns.
Smashed the traditional champagne bottle on the bow of the Liberty Ship S.S. Carole Lombard at its launching ceremony.
Was considered for the role of Mildred Rogers in Of Human Bondage (1934), but Bette Davis was cast instead.
Was discovered for films while appearing in the first national touring company of "Show Boat" in 1929. She played and sang the role of Magnolia, and repeated her performance in Show Boat (1936).
Was offered the role of Aunt Alicia in Vincente Minnelli's Gigi (1958), but she declined, preferring to stay in retirement.