- She was one of the many Hollywood socialites on board the yacht of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst when film producer Thomas H. Ince died there under mysterious circumstances.
- Her flat, weak voice induced her to retire come the advent of sound.
- Co-wrote two of Dorothy Lamour's biggest hits: Aloma of the South Seas (1941) and Rainbow Island (1944).
- Considered by most silent film cinematographers as one of the most stunning natural beauties ever to face a lens.
- Met future husband actor George Walsh on the set of Intolerance (1916) and, supposedly, D.W. Griffith was the matchmaker.
- Although Owen received several screenplay credits, she never wrote anything. As Curt Siodmak stated, in Ian Hamilton's book Writers in Hollywood, when her acting career ended because of her voice, she was kept on the payroll out of kindness, under the guise of being a writer.
- Silent-screen actress.
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