- Lili Fini Zanuck was only the second woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture when she won for Driving Miss Daisy (1989) in 1989. (The first was Julia Phillips in 1974, for The Sting (1973)).
- Established her reputation for extraordinary taste and tenacity with her very first film, Cocoon (1985), and fortified her stature with an Academy Award for her third effort, 1989's Best Picture of the Year, Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Together, these two movies have grossed in excess of $200 million, garnered 6 Oscars out of 11 nominations between them, and twice led to Zanuck being labeled Producer of the Year.
- Daughter-in-law of Darryl F. Zanuck and Virginia Fox.
- Tribute in the Memory of Film section at the Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium. (2001)
- She chose "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)" as her favorite film for an AFI poll.
- Stepmother of Harrison Zanuck and Dean Zanuck.
- Is name-dropped in the late Sondra Locke's autobiography. Locke was 10 years older than Lili but pretended to be a peer. Lili did not even know how old Locke was until the rest of the public found out.
- Was good friends with Ronni Chasen. They worked together on Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Rush (1991) and Rich in Love (1992).
- Sister-in-law of Darrilyn Zanuck DePineda.
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