Trivia

Her ancestor, Christopher Hussey, was one of the original purchasers of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts.

At the time of her death, she was the last surviving cast member of The Philadelphia Story (1940).

She appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Women (1939) and The Philadelphia Story (1940).

Appeared two times (both in minor roles) in Norma Shearer films: the uncredited role of the Duchess De Polignac in Marie Antoinette (1938), and as Miss Watts (Mr. Haines' secretary) in The Women (1939).

Graduated from Pembroke College in Brown University in 1933.

Is interred with her husband at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park in Westlake Village, California.

On August 2, 2019, she was honored with a day of her film work during the Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars.

She frequently co-starred with Robert Young - they appeared together in seven films and in one television episode - Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938), Honolulu (1939), Maisie (1939), Northwest Passage (1940), Married Bachelor (1941), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), The Best Is Yet to Be (1971), and My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973).

Mother of John Longenecker

Although an "off again on again" Democrat, she did vote for Republican Ronald Reagan during the 1980 and 1984 presidential election due in part that she was strongly dissatisfied with the presidency of the Democratic Jimmy Carter. She voted for him in 1976 and found out quickly that he "wasn't up to the job" as she'd believed.

Starred in "Rich Man. Poor Girl" (1938) with Robert Young. Later appeared with Young in an episode of "Marcus Welby, M.D.".

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 261-263. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

She was a Republican who supported Barry Goldwater in 1964.

She was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939).

Step daughter of William O'Rourke