She was largely home schooled, but did attend Bryn Mawr College.
She was nearly decapitated by an airplane propeller when she was trying to avoid the press at an airport.
A leading contender for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, she later served as Maid of Honor at Vivien Leigh's wedding to Laurence Olivier.
After a scene in which her character fell into a Venetian canal, she developed a permanent eye infection from the contaminated water.
She had a fear of fire.
She was a natural redhead.
She often wore slacks instead of dresses, decades before it became fashionable for women to do so.
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How apropos--yesterday a newsletter from a local fabric store had one of her statements as the 'quote du jour': "I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear."
I didn't know she was a natural red head.
it always cracks me up that people get her and audrey confused, or think they're related.
Correct: Katherine Hepburn.
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