- Alda's husband of almost 30 years, actor Richard Bright was tragically killed after being hit by a tour bus in Manhattan. The couple had one child, a son, Jeremy Bright (born 1988).
- Rutanya Alda broke into films via Brian De Palma's experimental movies of the late 1960s.
- Is no relation to two more famous Aldas, father and son: Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo) and Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo).
- Alda won a Clio Award for Best Actress for a John Hancock Commercial.
- Doubled for Anne Francis in Funny Girl (1968), for Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968), and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969).
- James Cagney said to Rutanya, "You got moxie, kid.".
- Quentin Tarantino told Rutanya "you are in the greatest scene in film history! The be black baby scene in Hi Mom.".
- Andrew Sarris of the Village Voice voted Rutanya Alda best supporting actress for Mommie Dearest (1981).
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