- Met husband Marshall Thompson during a party at Roddy McDowall's home. A budding actress, they later reconnected while performing the play "French Without Tears." at the Laguna Playhouse in 1948. They married the following year and she gave up her acting aspirations for marriage and family.
- Sister of Richard Long.
- Both her younger brother Richard Long and her husband Marshall Thompson appeared in Cult of the Cobra (1955).
- Was a set decorator on her husband's family film George! (1972) and the subsequent TV series.
- A talented painter on the side and active in many charitable organizations (Las Floristas, Nine O'Clock Players).
- Had one daughter, Janet, who died in August 2020, and a grandson, Jackson. Her daughter's godmother is singer/actress Jane Powell.
- Sister-in-law of Mara Corday and Suzan Ball.
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