She has a daughter with husband Marvin, Mary Ellin Lerner, who is a singer. She married Stephen Daedalus Lerner in September, 1986.
Her grandchildren are: Peter and James Matson, Benjamin Lerner, and Rachel, Nicholas and William Swett.
She has four children with her husband Marvin: Elizabeth Matson (born in 1954), Irving Barrett (born in 1955), Mary Ellin Barrett Lerner (born in 1956), and Katherine Swett (born in 1960).
She once worked as a researcher for Time Magazine.