- She revealed in a 1995 interview for Cinderella that when the film was released in 1950 she took her daughter Stephanie who was 3 at the time to the premiere and when the movie came on Stephanie screamed in the theater My mommy is Cinderella! And two old ladies sitting behind them turned to each other and said Isn't that sweet! She thinks her mother is Cinderella!.
- Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 39, a son Daniel Shaughnessy on September 24, 1968. Child's father was her 2nd husband, Ed Shaughnessy.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 18, a daughter Stephanie Joan Steck on May 14, 1947. Child's father was her 1st [now ex] husband, Stephen Steck.
- She was cremated and her ashes given to her family.
- Her son James died in a car accident in San Bernardino, California on April 13, 1984 at age 18.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 36, a son James Kenneth Shaughnessy on April 4, 1966. Child's father was her 2nd husband, Ed Shaughnessy.
- She was a lifelong Democrat.
- Before pursuing a career as an actress/singer, she originally wanted to become a schoolteacher.
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