Had a son with her second husband, former CEO of Technicolor, Arthur "Art" Ryan named Mark A. Ryan who was born on January 16, 1977 in Los Angeles.
She and actor Alfredo de Soto are the last surviving cast from the B-movie classic "The Killer Shrews".
Trained at the Los Angeles Athletic Club under the supervision of athletic director Duke Llewellyn to learn how to use boxing gloves for her role as Beulah in "Once Upon a Horse".