She was a registered Republican until the President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney's administration in 2000.
Has two Labrador retrievers.
Earned a BFA in theater from Stephens College in Missouri and did
graduate work in theater arts at Arizona State University
Was supposed to be made a semi-regular guest on Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). However, Flannery was not
added to the cast but instead played Adm. Nelson's secretary in one
episode and his sister in another.
She adopted a daughter, Blaise Flannery, in 1987.
Resides in Santa Barbara, California.
Was once a self-proclaimed "X-Phile" (only for the first few seasons).
According to the Chinese calendar, she was born in the Year of the Rabbit.