Trivia

Periods of temperament and alcoholism caused Rambeau to take a hiatus in her career in the mid-20s, but she was given a second chance by friend Franklin Pangborn, who gave her a chance as guest star in revivals of "Merely Mary Ann" and "What a Woman Wants" at the Vine Street Playhouse in Hollywood.

In 1945, she nearly lost her life in a crash foggy weather while filming Les amours de Salomé (1945). Her injuries were so severe that she didn't appear in another movie for three years, returning to the screen with La ville empoisonnée (1948).

Her last public appearance was in 1968 at a party given in her honor along with Jackie Coogan, at the El Miradore Hotel.

Is one of 26 actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination for their performance in a musical; hers being La madone gitane (1953). The others, in chronological order, are: Bessie Love (The Broadway Melody (1929)), Grace Moore (Une nuit d'amour (1934)), Jean Hagen (Chantons sous la pluie (1952)), Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones (1954)), Deborah Kerr (Le roi et moi (1956)), Rita Moreno (West Side Story (1961)), Gladys Cooper (My Fair Lady (1964)), Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins (1964), La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) and Victor/Victoria (1982)), Debbie Reynolds (La reine du Colorado (1964)), Peggy Wood (La Mélodie du bonheur (1965)), Carol Channing (Millie (1967)), Kay Medford (Funny Girl (1968)), Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl (1968)), Liza Minnelli (Cabaret (1972)), Ronee Blakley (Nashville (1975)), Lily Tomlin (Nashville (1975)), Ann-Margret (Tommy (1975)), Lesley Ann Warren (Victor/Victoria (1982)), Amy Irving (Yentl (1983)), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge (2001)), Queen Latifah (Chicago (2002)), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago (2002)), Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002)), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls (2006)), Penélope Cruz (Nine (2009)), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables (2012)), and Meryl Streep (Into the Woods : Promenons-nous dans les bois (2014)).

Never appeared in a Best Picture Oscar nominated film. Her scenes in Horn le trafiquant (1931) were deleted.