- Although she was actually a blonde, Jack Webb insisted that she wear a brunette wig during her appearances on the second Dragnet 1967 (1967) series (1967-70) on the grounds that it made her look more serious.
- Retired after 25 years at Litton Data Systems as a Customer Relations coordinator (1994)
- She continued acting in the 1970s by registering for at least one class at Los Angeles Valley College each year in order to appear in a college play. Among her credits was "The Glass Menagerie", and playing her daughter was the soon-to-be-famous TV actress Christopher Norris.
- In 2005, resided in Encino, California, with her husband.
- Honorary mayor of Mission Hills, California, for several years during the 1960s.
- She had a daughter who attended Los Angeles Valley College in the 1970s. Apparently trying to follow in her mother's footsteps, the daughter appeared in college plays, for example, "A Midsummer's Night Dream," but without much acclaim or, as far as is known, without any professional appearances later.
- Interviewed in Tom Weaver's books "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers" (McFarland & Co., 1994) and "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010).
- Appeared in three episodes of Perry Mason (1957) - The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff (1961), The Case of the Glamorous Ghost (1962), and The Case of the Garrulous Go-Between (1964).
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