- As a child, she was the model for the Fairy Soap brand.
- On the New York stage she appeared in 'Daisy Mayme' (1926), 'Our Betters' (1928), 'Philip Goes Forth' (1931), 'Here Come the Clowns' (1938) and 'The Patriots' (1943); all of which were written by her husband.
- Husband Sidney Kingsley, a playwright, is best known for his plays "Dead End" and "Detective Story".
- Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine Street.
- Was considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).
- She was friends with: Jean Harlow, Robert E. Sherwood, Joshua Logan, Martha Graham, and Richard Barthelmess.
- Co-starred with Robert Montgomery in five films: Lovers Courageous (1932), Hell Below (1933), Made on Broadway (1933), Fugitive Lovers (1934) and Piccadilly Jim (1936).
- Eudora Welty references in one of her stories,a Madge Evans hat that was popular at least in the South in the 1920s, that the actress had worn as a child: broad brimmed, with streamers hanging down the back as far as the waist.
- Co-starred with Robert Young in four films: Hell Below (1933), Paris Interlude (1934), Death on the Diamond (1934), and Calm Yourself (1935).
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