- The 1900 census lists her family as living at 835 W. Fayette St. in Baltimore (MD) and the 1910 census shows them owning and residing at 1704 W. Madison St., also in Baltimore.
- Started her movie career under the name Nancy Gardner.
- Was in four Oscar Best Picture nominees Bad Girl (1931), The Thin Man (1934), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and The Snake Pit (1948) with The Best Years of Our Lives winning Best Picture of 1946.
- Her father William was a prominent German-born Baltimore physician and her mother Emma was a first-generation American whose parents were also from Germany.
- Buried at Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore with her parents.
- She and Duncan McRae both made their Broadway debuts in the same production of the play "Miss President" by Jose G. Levy, Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. The production ran from September 15, 1913, to some time in January 1914, at the Garrick Theatre. Fannie Ward was also in the cast.
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