- Her first professional role was in a stock company at the age of 6
- Joined the Nestor Film Company when she was 17 and did many of her own stunts having been a skilled horsewoman
- Began writing and directing her own films after the death of her husband, Wallace Reid, having died of a mixture of morphine addiction and poor care at the sanitarium he resided in, resulting in "Human Wreckage" (1923) which she co-produces and addresses the camera directly in a plea for the viewers to join the crusade against narcotics
- Was given a dispensation from Will Hays himself for the anti-drug message of [the now-lost film] "Human Wreckage" (1923) while the code was being finalized although certain about having no drug references in film whatsoever
- Wrote and produced many social commentary silent films ranging from white slavery ("The Red Kimono" (1925)) to drug addiction
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