- Her father, who died when she was twelve years old, was butler to a wealthy lawyer in New York state. Orphaned, she was brought up by the family of her father's employer.
- Friend of Leonard Gershe, who wrote the musical, Funny Face (1957), which was loosely-based on the courtship of Doe and Richard Avedon.
- According to a biography of her first husband, fashion photographer Richard Avedon, in February 1952, she was driving near Denver, Colorado with her newlywed second husband, actor Dan Matthews, when their car hit a patch of ice and skidded off the road, flipping over. Matthews was decapitated but Doe was unhurt yet trapped in the car several hours before help came. She was traumatized by the incident and felt guilt for many years. Although she was going to retire to be a full-time wife and mother before the accident, she returned to acting to help her cope with her grief. She was signed by John Wayne's production company, Wayne-Fellows, and her first role back was in The High and the Mighty, playing a stewardess on a passenger plane co-piloted by John Wayne's character, also named Dan. His character was haunted by a past tragedy of piloting a plane that crashed, killing his wife and child.
- She and Don Siegel adopted four children before their divorce.
- Met her second husband, the actor Dan Mathews, while working in a bank.
- Former top model.
- 1953 Deb Star.
- Wed Dan Mathews in Spring 1951 while appearing together in Mae West's revue Diamond Lil.
- Made her Broadway debut in a play directed by Harold Clurman.
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