- Never auditioned for The Ten Commandments (1956). The part of Lilia was the last of the lead roles to cast. Cecil B. DeMille instinctively asked her one day to report to Paramount to start work. He had followed her career and felt that "the hand of God" was on her.
- She was pleased when she found out that actress Debra Winger was named after her, since Winger's father was a fan of Paget's.
- She took her screen name from Lord and Lady Paget of England, UK, from whom her family are descended.
- In 1987 she was given the Golden Boot Award by the Motion Picture and Television Fund for her work in westerns.
- As of August 2004 she was retired and living in Houston, Texas.
- Priscilla Presley copied Debra's hairstyle from Love Me Tender (1956) to attract Elvis in 1959.
- The Ten Commandments (1956) is her favorite film.
- Tested for the lead role in the 1955 TV series, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955).
- Actress Paget Brewster is named after her.
- Owned a Chimpanzee named Lord Murphy as well as a mischievous Golden Gibbon she named Haji Baba she gave to Ralph Helfer, renowned animal trainer and Hollywood animal behaviorist who owned "Nature's Haven: Wild Animal Rentals" in Van Nuys, California, at that time.
- Third husband Louis C. Kung was a Chinese-American oil company executive and a nephew of Madame Chiang.
- Aunt of Roxane Griffin.
- Ex-aunt-in-law of Skip Crank.
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