Her daughter, Edeve, took the veil, joined the Sisters of Saint
Francis, a Roman Catholic order of nuns and became Sister M. Francesca
Thompson, O.S.F.; she was Associate Professor of theater and speech at
Marian College in Indianapolis and is a noted historian of
African-American cinema.
Nearly drowned while filming a river-crossing scene for an Oscar Micheaux
production.
In April 1932, she gave birth to her only child, Edeve Thompson, after
which she developed post-parturition complications, dying of double
pneumonia on November 27, 1932 in Los Angeles, aged 36.
Became a successful stage performer after leaving Hollywood, where her
light complexion did not fit the industry's standards for its African
American performers, who usually had darker skin.
Her husband, Edward Thompson, remained in films throughout the 1930s and
1940s and died in 1960.