- During her tenure at RKO Lela ran the RKO Studios Workshop, Lucille Ball, Betty Grable, Joan Fontaine, Jane Russell, Faith Domergue, Harriet Nelson, Veronica Lake, Linda Darnell, Andrea Leeds, Dorothy Comingore and Ann Miller were among her students.
- Mother of Ginger Rogers
- Ex-mother-in-law of Lew Ayres.
- Daughter of Walter Winfield Owens (April 7, 1867-April 17, 1954), from Wood, Mason, West Virginia, and Sophronia W. (Ball) Owens (October 28, 1863-November 25, 1919), from Iowa. Her father died in California and her mother died in Missouri.
- Paternal granddaughter of Edward W. (c.1825-1902), from Wales, and Mary Ann Josephine (Moore) Owens (1829-1911), from Pennsylvania. Both died in Missouri.
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