- Became the first woman lawyer in Texas in 1914 at the age of 26.
- She was forever knitting, even during breaks when filming.
- Screen, stage, television actress, and attorney.
- Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
- She appeared in five films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Rebecca (1940), Kitty Foyle (1940), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Since You Went Away (1944) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). Of these, only Rebecca won the award.
- Great-grandmother of actress/comedian Rachel Hamilton.
- She had a daughter with her first husband, Joseph Ramer.
- She appeared in four films with S.Z. Sakall: The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), San Antonio (1945), The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946) and Lullaby of Broadway (1951).
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