- Lived with Wynne Gibson for many years until the latter's death in 1987 of a cerebral thrombosis in Laguna Niguel, California, after suffering an attack in the home they shared.
- Studied under Maria Ouspenskaya
- Known for her assertive, tough-edged dames in Warner Bros. potboilers, her lady characters did everything from running a lumber camp and operating a fleet of buses to running medical missions overseas.
- Head of Theatre Authority for 24 years.
- Educated at P.S. 35 and 44 in Brooklyn, then to a private school at Carrs Academy.
- Accepted as a teenager for dramatic training at Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre company.
- Of English, Dutch, German and Welsh heritage, her father was a salesman and mother once worked at a bank before turning homemaker.
- Made her Broadway debut in "Girls in Uniform" in the early 30s.
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