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Became the first woman lawyer in Texas in 1914 at the age of 26.

She was forever knitting, even during breaks when filming.

Screen, stage, television actress, and attorney.

Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.

She appeared in five films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Rebecca (1940), Fräulein Kitty (1940), Ein himmlischer Sünder (1943), Als du Abschied nahmst (1944) and Ein Brief an drei Frauen (1949). Of these, only Rebecca won the award.

Great-grandmother of actress/comedian Rachel Hamilton.

She had a daughter with her first husband, Joseph Ramer.

She appeared in four films with S.Z. Sakall: Mary und der Millionär (1941), Ein Mann der Tat (1945), Der Himmel voller Geigen (1946) and Das Wiegenlied vom Broadway (1951).