- First non-United States-born actress to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the 16th Academy Awards on March 2, 1944 (her first and only nomination), and the first (and, to date, only) Greek-born actor to win an Academy Award.
- She and her husband, stage director/actor Alexis Minotis, were generally considered the great couple of Greek theatre. Their greatest fame came after their return to Greece from Hollywood in the 50s when they rejoined the National Theatre of Greece and gave some of their greatest performances in acclaimed productions such as "Hecuba", "Oedipus Rex" and "Medea" both in Greece and abroad.
- Was in consideration for the role of Mama Hanson in I Remember Mama (1948) but Irene Dunne, who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
- Grandmother of Alexandros Antonopoulos
- Great-aunt of actress Brioni Farrell.
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