Trivia

Was once engaged to marry infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel.

Appeared with George Sanders in five films: The Saint Strikes Back (1939), The Saint Takes Over (1940), The Gay Falcon (1941), The Saint in Palm Springs (1940) and A Date with the Falcon (1942).

Her godfather and future stage-namesake was the Scottish novelist-playwright Sir J.M. Barrie, in whose play "Peter Pan" was a character called Wendy.

Calling it "the most valuable possession in the world," Barrie took the oath of citizenship before Federal Judge Paul J. McCormick, in Hollywood, on Friday 9 January 1942. She was attired in the uniform of the women's ambulance and transport corps. (United Press, "Actress Happy To Be Citizen", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Saturday 10 January 1942, Volume 48, page 1.).

In 1950, she performed as a substitute for Jean Arthur in "Peter Pan", along with Boris Karloff, at the Imperial Theatre, New York City.

One of the six "Paramount Proteges" of 1935. The others were Grace Bradley, Katherine DeMille, Gertrude Michael, Gail Patrick, and Ann Sheridan.

Her trademark sign-off on her daytime television series Picture This (1948) was "Be a good bunny".

She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1708 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, on February 8, 1960.

Perhaps best remembered for her portrayal of Jane Seymour (Royal Wife No. 3) in Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933).

During the mid-1930s, her stand-in was Shirley Hughes. The two were reportedly very close friends both on and off set.

Father: F.C. Jenkin.