- Although Universal Pictures tried to present her as an exotic Hispanic, naming her "The Venezuelan Volcano," she appears to have been a light-skinned African American woman passing as white to try to avoid the then-common racial stereotypes of the era. Black-focused media like Jet magazine covered her career extensively, and one of her siblings was referred to as the first black judge in his area.
- Appeared in an impressive three-page spread in the 24 August 1942 issue of Life magazine.
- Abandoned her film career after her marriage to car dealer Jack Ross in the late 1950s. They settled in Mesa, AZ, where she appeared quite frequently in her husband's local dealership commercials on TV. They divorced in the 1980s.
- Her movie career is the theme of a one-act opera, Acquanetta, premiering January 9, 2018, in Brooklyn, New York.
- Claimed that her father's grandfather "was the illegitimate son of the King of England".
- Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book, "Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes" (McFarland & Co., 1991).
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