| Appeared in Hitchcock's 1963 thriller The Birds, which was one of her rare film appearances between 1950 and 1980. |
| Made her professional stage debut in London at age 16. |
| Collaborated with husband Hume Cronyn in many plays and films over the course of their 52-year marriage. |
| Created the role of faded, fragile Southern flower Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway in 1947. Her costars Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and Karl M |
| First film appearance was in 1932's The Indiscretions of Eve, where she played a maid. |