- Had her only child at age 22 -- a son, David Raymond William Huggins (aka David Huggins) -- on August 14, 1959, by her first husband, the late actor Jeremy Brett. Grandson, Dan Huggins, was born in 2002 to her son and daughter-in-law, Madeleine Christie. Massey appeared with Brett (although by then the two had already divorced) in the 1979 BBC television production of "Rebecca". Brett played the enigmatic "Maxim de Winter" and Massey played the unhinged housekeeper, "Mrs. Danvers".
- Disclosed in her 2006 memoir, 'Telling Some Tales' that she was often plagued by stage fright and depression. At the height of her affliction with depression and stage fright, she also suffered from anorexia, her hair consequently turning from chestnut to white.
- Her trademark bob haircut stemmed from a desire 'to look like Audrey Hepburn'.
- She was made a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Year Honours List for services to drama.
- Daughter of actors Raymond Massey and Adrianne Allen, grand-daughter of Chester D. Massey, the wealthy owner of the Massey-Ferguson tractor company, and niece of the Canadian politician Vincent Massey. Younger sister of Daniel Massey, with whom she had a strained relationship until their reconciliation in 1998. Ex-sister-in-law of Adrienne Corri and Penelope Wilton.
- She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for "The Importance of Being Earnest".
- She was only two when her parents were divorced and she almost never met her famous father during her childhood (he was working mostly in America by then); she described their relations in her adult life as cordial but distant and said that being Raymond Massey's daughter was "rather like being one of the daughters of King Lear". She also called him the most self-absorbed man she had ever met, pointing out that both she and her brother Daniel had "Raymond" as a middle name. Her father also reportedly insisted she be given "Raymond" as her middle name.
- Won a Tony Award nomination as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Reluctant Debutante" in 1957 at the age of 19.
- Was awarded the British Academy TV Award for Best Actress for her role in "Hotel du Lac" in 1986.
- Veteran director John Ford was her godfather.
- She, her father, Raymond Massey, and her elder brother, Daniel Massey, all worked with Laurence Olivier: Raymond in Fire Over England (1937) and 49th Parallel (1941), Daniel in The Entertainer (1960) and Anna in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), David Copperfield (1970) and A Little Romance (1979).
- She was awarded the 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress of 1981 for her performance in 'A Kind of Alaska.".
- She was cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium in Wimbledon, Greater London, England.
- She was deb of the year in 1955 when 17.
- She lived in London, England.
- Her son, David Raymond William Huggins, who was born 1959, studied at Cambridge University.
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