Gave birth to her only child at age 25, a daughter Patricia E. Tate on January 29, 1924. Child's father is her first husband, Cullen Tate.
Has appeared in more movies that won the Oscar for Best Picture than anyone else, five: Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), All About Eve (1950), You Can't Take It with You (1938), and It Happened One Night (1934). She was uncredited in all of them.
Her first husband, Cullen Tate, was Cecil B. DeMille's assistant director. After his death, she married William S. Holman, a studio manager at Columbia Studios.
Her only child, a daughter Patricia E. Tate, died on August 1, 1972 at age 48.
Of the films listed book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" (edited by Steven Jay Schneider) she appears in a remarkable 33 films, more than any other person.
Probably the most well-known and prolific extra to work in Hollywood films.
She was a "dress extra", meaning a bit player who bought her own clothes to wear in scenes. One exception was her first role, in which she played a model wearing only a silk cloth in A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923).