- Had retired in 1959 and was living at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, when she was approached by Walt Disney Pictures to play the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins (1964). She at first refused, but Walt Disney was so set on having her in his film that he personally visited her at the MPCH and eventually persuaded her to take the role.
- Had appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Gone with the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Ox-Bow Incident (1942) and Mary Poppins (1964). Of those, Gone with the Wind (1939) is a winner in the category.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6735 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- She has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Gone with the Wind (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), My Darling Clementine (1946) and Mary Poppins (1964).
- Had appeared in six films directed by John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), 3 Godfathers (1948), Wagon Master (1950), The Sun Shines Bright (1953) and The Last Hurrah (1958).
- Was the 15th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for The Grapes of Wrath (1940) at The 13th Academy Awards on February 27, 1941.
- Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
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