- She played Queen Victoria in two unrelated films released in 1939: The Little Princess (1939) and The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939).
- Her father, Sheppard Mercer, was a diplomat and her mother, Beryl Montague, was an English concert singer.
- Received a medal for entertaining British troops during World War I.
- Early in her career, played boys in several stage productions.
- She appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and Cavalcade (1933), and two other nominees: East Lynne (1931) and Smilin' Through (1932).
- Made her first stage appearance when she was four years old.
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