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She never changed her hairstyle; she had her hairdresser dress it exactly the same every time she went to the beauty parlor.

Upon her death, she was cremated at Fresh Pond Crematory in Middle Village, Queens, and her ashes were given unto a surviving cousin in Flushing, New York.

Alumna of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1945.

She was a close friend of Walter Matthau.

Of Russian Jewish descent, she had one sibling, an older sister.

She was a lifelong liberal Democrat and civil rights activist.

Her favorite book was "Madame Bovary".