She has a granddaughter, Chrystal, from son Christopher. She has a granddaughter Carla, born c. 1970, from daughter Cathy. She has eight grandchildren altogether (four from Christopher and two each from Cindy and Cathy).
She has a grandson, Casey LaLonde, by her daughter Cathy. He was born c. 1972.
She taught director Steven Spielberg how to belch while filming their episode of "Rod Serling's Night Gallery" (1969).
She was a favorite model of Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks for their early experiments in animation ("The Hand Behind the Mouse," by Leslie Iwerks).
She was actually Fred Astaire's first on-screen dance partner. They appeared in Dancing Lady (1933).
She was an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee and was active in liberal causes all her life. She was a supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter.
She was named as 'the other woman' in at least two divorces.
She was of French descent on her father's side, and Irish/Scottish/English descent on her mother's side.
She was so dedicated to her fans that she always personally responded to her fan mail by typing them responses on blue paper and autographing it. A great deal of her spare time and weekends were spent doing this.
She was voted the 47th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
She would never smoke a cigarette unless she opened the pack herself, and would never use another cigarette out of that pack if someone else had touched it.
Sister of actor Hal Le Sueur.
Thanked by Courtney Love in the liner notes of Hole's album "Celebrity Skin".
WAMPAS Baby of 1926
Was approached twice by the producers of the Airport disaster movie series. She was offered two different roles in both Airport 1975 (1974) and Airport '77 (1977), but refused.
Was asked to take over Carole Lombard 's role in They All Kissed the Bride (1942) after she died in a air crash during a war bond tour. She then donated all of her salary to the Red Cross who found Lombard's body, and promptly fired her agent for taking his usual 10%.
Was born Catholic but converted to Christian Science in later years.
Was forced by MGM boss Louis B. Mayer to drop her real name Lucille LeSueur because it sounded too much like "sewer".
Was in consideration for the part of Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940), but Rosalind Russell was cast instead.
Was very close friends with William Haines and his partner Jimmy Shields.