Fluent in five languages, English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
In 1935 she was beaten and robbed in her Hollywood home by two men posing as door-to-door salesmen. The next week papers across the country began to run a picture of the angry actress toting a revolver and daring the thugs to return.
In the 1930 US Federal Census her husband's occupation was recorded as "musician, music school".
Said her big break came when she did an act with Maurice Chevalier in "Paramount on Parade" (1930).
Was raised in France and Switzerland.