- Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) in the consecutive years of 1962, for "Look: We've Come Through," and in 1963, for "Mother Courage and Her Children."
- Greatly encouraged in her early years as an actress by Charles Laughton, who frequently praised her talents to interviewers.
- Met ex-husband Bill Alton while a member of Chicago's Second City troupe. Alton was one of the founding members.
- Daughter-in-law of Arthur Schwartz.
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