- Highest paid actress of 1938, earning $250,000
- Postponed acting career after sister Marguerite was killed in the London Blitz to work as a Red Cross nurse at the American Army Air Force's 61st Station Hospital in Foggia, Italy
- Donated her Paris chateau to over 150 orphans and arranging an organization for American youth to knit clothing for them
- Produced documentaries on child survivors post-WW2 which funded for the manufacturing of artificial limbs for the wounded
- After the war, helped in the rehabilitation of concentration camp survivors
- Given the Legion d'Honneur and the American Medal of Freedom
- Studied at Birmingham University with a Bachelors Degree
- Formed a production country with then-husband Henri Lavorel, making documentaries to "promote better understanding among the peoples."
- After WW2, stayed in Europe to create a radio program that helped advance French-American friendship
- "I have a debt to pay Hitler and I'm going to pay it with every ounce of my strength. I can't be a soldier, but there are other ways I can pay Hitler back."
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