- She was supposed to work with Alan Ladd in a film while she was in England in the early 1950s. She did not agree, however, to a four-year option in the contract because she wanted the freedom of working in theater and already had a binding film contract with Tempean Films. The tabloids papers suggested unkindly that she "walked out" on Ladd. Years later, after coming to the U.S., she was offered the lead in The Deep Six (1958) that was to star Ladd. She thought Ladd would never agree to her casting after the earlier incident. He did, surprisingly, and told her that he admired and respected what she did back then.
- Was asked to play the part of Fred MacMurray's new wife on the TV series My Three Sons (1960). She turned the part down in order to stay at home with her three children. The part was eventually played by Beverly Garland.
- She said she had a wonderful working relationship with Mickey Rooney while filming Drive a Crooked Road (1954). He later recommended her to Burt Lancaster when he started directing The Kentuckian (1955) and she won the role.
- Talented and accomplished painter/artist.
- She skipped two grades in elementary school. She was 13 when she started high school.
- Was of Ukrainian descent.
- Held dual citizenship: Canadian & American.
- Fraternal twins: a son Jason and a daughter Jodi (b. 14 February 1956). Jason was named after Jason Robards and Jodi was a combination of their names: Joel & Dianne.
- She had five grandchildren: One of them, Jordan Matheson Rowe, was named after the writer Richard Matheson, who lived next door to her when she resided in Hidden Hills, CA. As a result, her son Jason grew close to the entire Matheson family.
- She married first husband Andrew Allan (1907-1974), Scotland-born national head of CBC Radio Drama, in 1951, but the marriage was over by the time she made her move to the U.S. in 1953. He stayed in England. Son and daughter twins, Jason and Jodi, were born to her during a five-year second marriage to radio/TV writer Joel Murcott in the U.S.. A third marriage in 1961 to a dentist, Dr. Harold Rowe, produced her third child, Dustin Louis. The marriage lasted happily until his death in 1994.
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