- In May 2007, "Time" Magazine called her walking nightmare portrayal of Vera in Detour (1945) one of the Top "10 All-Time Best Villains", included alongside James Cagney in White Heat (1949), Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear (1962), and Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984).
- In 1992 the Library of Congress named Detour (1945) as the first film noir and "B- movie" inducted into the National Registry of Film.
- Made three other films with her Detour (1945) co-star, Tom Neal. They reportedly had a rather chilly working relationship.
- Her third husband, financier Bert D'Armand, died in 1969. Ann returned to Los Angeles, working various jobs and making public appearances with her personal print of Detour (1945). She died in her sleep at a nursing home in Hollywood on Christmas Day from complications of a series of strokes. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery alongside D'Armand.
- A speed-rated pilot, she once flew her own plane, a 250 Comanche, winning several tournament awards.
- Warner Bros. briefly considered John Garfield to play the lead opposite Ann in Detour (1945). Tom Neal was cast when Poverty Row studio Producers Releasing Corp. (PRC) bought the script by Martin Goldsmith.
- Her third husband, Bert d'Armond, had been her agent when she first came to Hollywood and had in fact gotten her a contract at Columbia Pictures. They eventually lost contact with each other, and she didn't see him for two years. When she did, he mentioned that he had just gotten divorced, and asked her out to dinner. They married not long afterwards.
- She was a lifelong Democrat.
- Her manager was Kent Adamson.
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