Trivia

Has 2 children: daughter Cathy Gray (b. April 15, 1946) with first husband Alan Gray; and son John Blyth Barrymore (b. May 15, 1954) with second husband John Drew Barrymore.

Grandmother of John Barrymore IV and Sabrina Blyth Barrymore, John Jr's children.

Before her death, she was the ninth earliest surviving recipient of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, behind only Angela Lansbury, Ann Blyth, Nancy Olson, Lee Grant, Terry Moore, Eva Marie Saint, Marisa Pavan, and Patty McCormack. She was nominated in 1958 for The Defiant Ones (1958).

Ex-mother-in-law of Rebecca Pogrow and Jacqueline Barrymore.