- Although estranged off and on for more than 25 years, Peg and her husband, Fred, never officially divorced.
- Her "New York Times" obituary lists her cause of death as pneumonia as a complication from influenza. However, Anita Loos in her book about the Talmadges written over 40 years after Peg's death, claimed that she died of cancer. Cancer was not mentioned in her "Times" obituary.
- Grandmother of Buster Keaton Jr. and Bob Talmadge.
- Even her daughters called her "Peg" instead of "mother."
- An avid painter, Peg supplemented her meager income during her husband's absences by painting scenes on chinaware and lampshades.
- Considered the prototypical Hollywood stage mother, and the most forceful and intimidating of the silent film era.
- Famous for her biting wit, some of her more withering comments were used by the character Dorothy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
- Her husband, Fred, a renowned drunk, often left the family for long periods of time. According to Anita Loos, his last hiatus started on Christmas day when Norma was seven. He went out for food and never came back. About 20 years later they were driving past a New York City park when Peg identified the drunken vagrant sitting on a bench as Fred. Constance insisted they take him in. Joseph M. Schenck got him jobs on film crews until his death.
- Died at Hollywood Hospital, which is now part of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
- According to her "Brooklyn Eagle" obituary, Natalie was the only one of her daughters who was in Los Angeles when Peg contracted her fatal case of pneumonia. Natalie, who also had a bad case of influenza, insisted that she be placed in the ward next to Peg's so she could remain close to her. Norma was in New York with George Jessel, who was working on a new act. Constance, who had whooping cough at the time, was at home in Chicago with her third husband, department store heir Townsend Netcher. Norma hired an airplane in New York and they raced back to Los Angeles through some of the worst Midwestern storm systems of that year.
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