- Two years after her death, it was reported that Dressing Room Number 101 on the Paramount lot was still vacant. The dressing room, originally built for Pola Negri, had acquired a "bad-luck" reputation. Irene Dunne and Gladys Swarthout both declined to use it.
- News of Dell's unexpected death devastated Shirley Temple, causing production of Now and Forever (1934) to be temporarily suspended.
- At the time of her death she had been next scheduled to star opposite Gary Cooper in another Shirley Temple vehicle, Now and Forever (1934). The part went to Carole Lombard instead.
- Nearly two years after her death, Dell was still receiving fan mail at the Hollywood Post Office.
- Was Miss New Orleans, 1930. She beat out 74 other contestants, including a pre-fame Dorothy Lamour, who would win the title the following year. The two would become long-term friends.
- Attended the wake for Lew Cody in Los Angeles, shortly before her own untimely death.
- She announced her engagement to caricaturist Nat Carr just days before her death.
- Was related to the late U.S. Senator Guy Shepard Goff of West Virginia and Judge John W. Goff of the Supreme Court of New York. Her great grandfather was reportedly a cousin of Jefferson Davis.
- Signed a long-term contract with Paramount pictures October 17, 1933.
- Worked with famous choreographic duo Fanchon & Marco in 1930, appearing in pre-film dance prologues at Fox-Wilson Theater in Fresno, California.
- Services were held for her in Hollywood on June 10, where her old friend Ruth Etting sang "The Rosary.".
- Her father, lumberman Elbert E. Goff, claimed to be a direct descendant of one of the men who owned the Pilgrim ship, the Mayflower.
- Stage actress.
- She was crowned Miss Biloxi when she was briefly a resident of nearby Gulfport, Mississippi.
- According to newspaper reports of her death, Dell's mother had recently undergone surgery at the hands of Dr. Wagner, the driver of the automobile involved in the fatal crash.
- Her signature song in the Ziegfeld Follies was titled, "Was I Drunk, Was He Handsome, and Did My Ma Give Me Hell?".
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