- Was the first civilian woman to travel to the Pacific theater of war during World War II on a USO tour.
- Engaged at one time to Cary Grant (I).
- Baptismal godfather to her elder son was US President John F. Kennedy.
- Model, stage actress and also leading lady in Hollywood "B" pictures from the mid-30's to mid-40's. She married a future US Congressman and would later become a socialite in political circles.
- Also known as the "Ipana Girl" because of the magazine ads she appeared in.
- Modelled for artists James Montgomery Flagg, Bradshaw Crandall, McClelland Barclay and others.
- She and Alexis Smith very much resemble one another.
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