- She graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with a Bachelor's Degree.
- She lived in Salt Lake City, Utah until she was eight years old when her family moved to Los Angeles, California.
- She is survived by her son, Christopher Kirkland of Denver, Colorado; a daughter Robin Kirkland Macdonald of New York City; a stepdaughter, Erin O'Connor of Los Angeles, California; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
- She was born in a train station in Great Falls, Montana, while her parents were traveling from Canada to Salt Lake City.
- Auditioned for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and filmed screen test footage on December 9 and 10, 1937.
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