- She said Cary Grant was one of the finest radio actors she ever worked with
- She said Arch Oboler was her favorite director to work with because he simply told her to make the characters "Human"
- She said "Comedy writers are the smartest people in the world."
- She said the greatest ad-libber of all was Red Skelton. He would often jump off the script but would always land back on the script where he was supposed to be.
- She said Howard Duff (as detective Sam Spade) and herself (as Effie, his smart secretary) ad-libbed a great deal as well. She played the Effie character 1950-51.
- Early radio was great because many of the shows were about historical and inspirational characters. She lamented the fact that post-1950's radio had gone away from this.
- She said she once played 7 German women characters on one show.
- She named her daughter after Joan Crawford, an actress she really respected.
- She once played idental twins (one good, one evil) for an episode of The Whistler.
- She was often introduced as "The first lady of radio."
©Jimbo 2010/2011
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