- Seeing many of her friends die of AIDS, she became a longtime supporter and activist for the AIDS Project in Los Angeles as well as the Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York. In 1986 she took a nine-year sabbatical from performing in order to volunteer in hospitals and on hot-lines.
- She and husband James Noble met during the run of the play "Pygmalion" in 1951. They performed frequently on the 60s stage in such productions as "Long Day's Journey Into Night", "The Night of the Iguana", "The Three Sisters", "A Delicate Balance" and "A Scent of Flowers".
- Won the "Theatre World Award for her 1963 performance in 'The Trojan Horse".
- She received the Sarah Siddons Award, and also the Golden Straw Award from the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Grew up in Santa Monica, California.
- Has one daughter, Jessica Noble Cowan.
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