- In 1935 she was beaten and robbed in her Hollywood home by two men posing as door-to-door salesmen. The next week papers across the country began to run a picture of the angry actress toting a revolver and daring the thugs to return.
- An police evidence photo of Barbara Leonard, with the words "Last Warning" written on her back, adorns the cover of the book "Beverly Hills Confidential: A Century of Stars, Scandals and Murders" by Barbara Schroeder and Clark Fogg. An article in the book details the origin of the photograph.
- Was raised in France and Switzerland, and was reportedly fluent in five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Italian).
- Said her big break came when she did an act with Maurice Chevalier in "Paramount on Parade" (1930).
- In the 1930 US Federal Census her husband's occupation was recorded as "musician, music school".
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