- Her daughter, Edeve, took the veil, joined the Sisters of Saint Francis, a Roman Catholic order of nuns and became Sister M. Francesca Thompson, O.S.F.; she was Associate Professor of theater and speech at Marian College in Indianapolis and is a noted historian of African-American cinema.
- Nearly drowned while filming a river-crossing scene for an Oscar Micheaux production.
- In April 1932, she gave birth to her only child, Edeve Thompson, after which she developed post-parturition complications, dying of double pneumonia on November 27, 1932 in Los Angeles, aged 36.
- Became a successful stage performer after leaving Hollywood, where her light complexion did not fit the industry's standards for its African American performers, who usually had darker skin.
- Her husband, Edward Thompson, remained in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s and died in 1960.
- African-American film performer.
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