- Was kidnapped at gunpoint from her North Hollywood home on Feb 12, 1964. Police quickly rescued her, recovered the $50,000 ransom, and arrested a suspect.
- Widow of actor Leon Ames, to whom she was married from 1938 to 1993, when he died.
- Children: Shelley Ames (1940) and Leon Ames, Jr. (1943).
- Was married to Leon Ames, an actor who was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild.
- She served as president of the family owned car dealerships originally coined Gossett-Ames Ford in Studio City, California.
- She had two children, Leon Ames Jr. [1943] and Shelley Ames [1940], and two grandchildren, Christian Ames and Amber Ames.
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