- Arrested for felonious assault with a razor blade after a fight with her roommate on October 22, 1943. The attack required 40 stitches to repair the damage to her roommate's face. It appears the roommates had major disagreements over late-night reading.
- She dated Marlon Brando.
- Her debut film was "Fear and Desire" which was also the first film directed by Stanley Kubrick.
- She was involved with Jeffrey Hunter during the latter's divorce and while they were shooting "A Kiss Before Dying".
- She left acting after she got married to Donald Harron.
- Graduated Cleveland Heights High School.
- She returned to acting after she got divorced from Donald Harron.
- She left acting again in 1980.
- Upon her death, her body was donated to medical science at the UCLA Medical School.
- Began her working life as a hatcheck girl and drive-in waitress.
- She was a lifelong Democrat.
- Ex-stepmother of Kelley Harron and Mary Harron.
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