- In March 1948 she was involved in an incident of what would nowadays be called stalking. While sitting in a movie theater, she was stabbed by an unknown assailant, apparently a crazed fan. The wound was so deep that she was treated at the Santa Monica Emergency Hospital. The assailant was never found.
- A perpetual starlet, she had a cameo playing herself in The Star (1952). At the end of the film, Bette Davis goes to a Hollywood party and a commotion breaks out among the guests and press when Lawrence arrives. She's supposed to represent the new Hollywood, Davis the old.
- Retired from acting in 1962 and eventually sold real estate.
- Signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox and attended the studio's school, where her classmates included Roddy McDowall and Peggy Ann Garner.
- She eloped at age 17 in 1947 with a young contract actor named John Fontaine, aka Jeffrey Stone. They both appeared in the Fox musical You Were Meant for Me (1948). The marriage was a secret until her mother gave the couple a church wedding in Beverly Hills. The marriage, however, ended a year later.
- Distant cousin of Nelson Eddy.
- Had four children.
- Was Little Miss Hollywood of 1942.
- Direct descendant of Sir Francis Eaton, who arrived in America on the Mayflower.
- Born in Oklahoma, she was raised for a time in Kansas City, MO, before she and her mother moved to Los Angeles.
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