Trivia

Hailed in her time as one of the screen's great beauties, many of her cameramen said she was one of the few women in Hollywood whom it was virtually impossible to photograph badly.

Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

Died two weeks after cancer surgery in Los Angeles.

Department of Strange Coincidences: Caulfield's former spouse, Frank Ross, had earlier been married to Jean Arthur. On the very day after Caulfield's death, Arthur herself died.

She has two children. Her first child with Frank Ross was born 7 November 1959; and her son, John, with Dr. Robert Peterson was born 22 March 1962.

Is the favorite actress of writer/director Joss Whedon. Joss frequently wears a T-shirt with her picture on it and tests people by asking them if they can correctly identify her.

Caulfield was represented by the John Robert Powers agency, as a fashion model in the early 1940s.

She is featured as a character in the mystery novel, "Dead in Their Sights" by John Dandola, which explores her West Orange, New Jersey, roots.

In 1963 and 1964, Caulfield joined fellow actresses Ruth Hussey, Marie Windsor, Yvonne De Carlo, Laraine Day, Virginia Mayo, and Maidie Norman, in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the Republican nominee in the campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.