A theatre in Chester, Connecticut has been named after her.
An avid animal lover, she donated 30 acres of land in Connecticut to the Humane Society.
Aside from her singing abilities, she could do impersonations of famous stars, and this routine was somehow worked into the final scene of both productions of "Show Boat" in which she appeared.
Because she never made any commercial recordings, the sound of her singing voice may be lost forever, unless the few films that she did make are eventually found. This is not true of Howard Marsh, Helen Morgan, and Jules Bledsoe, all of whom appeared with her in the 1927 production of "Show Boat". (Marsh, however, recorded selections from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas only, not music from "Show Boat".)
Began in show business as the titular heroine of George M. Cohan's "Little Nellie Kelly".
Served for 30 years on the board of the Goodspeed Opera House Foundation in Chester, Connecticut. She also established a fund there, and created an intern program, aiding aspiring young actors and composers.
She reprised her dual roles of Magnolia Hawks and the adult Kim Ravenal in "Show Boat" in the 1932 Broadway revival.
The original Magnolia Hawks and the first adult Kim Ravenal in the first Broadway production of "Show Boat" (1927).
Was named 'Norma' by her parents after the famous opera by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed at La Scala in 1831.