Trivia

Discovered by Mack Sennett and instantly made into one of his 'bathing beauties' after she had visited his Keystone facility with a girlfriend, while on holiday from boarding school.

Became separated from Darryl F. Zanuck in 1956 when he moved to Paris to follow young actress Bella Darvi, a young woman the Zanucks met in Paris in 1951 and subsequently sponsored for a brief period in Hollywood. She was never divorced from Zanuck; and although they had almost no personal contact after 1956, she retained her married name and resided alone in their Palm Springs home (basically unchanged) until her death in 1982.

Took her grandmother each day to the set with her. Her children didn't find out for quite a while she'd ever been an actress.

She is buried with her husband, Darryl Zanuck, in Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. Plot information for her is Section D.

Mother of Darrilyn Zanuck DePineda, Susan Hakim (who died in 1980 from massive alcohol consumption) and Richard D. Zanuck.

Comedienne of early Mack Sennett silents. Between 1921 and 1923 partnered Buster Keaton in one- and two reel shorts.