- Died in her California home of injuries she sustained after tripping over her cat.
- Though she often played loving mothers and wives, she never married nor had children.
- Always said her greatest regret was not winning the role of "Ma Joad" in John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Bondi was also bitterly disappointed when, after replacing an ailing May Robson in Selznick's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), she was herself replaced by Robson who recovered from her illness more quickly than anticipated.
- Beulah changed the spelling of her last name from Bondy to Bondi so the letters would all fit on one line for top billing on movie marquees. The "y" in Bondy was problematic since it would fall below the other letters and cause spacing issues. It was reported that the name change was due to A. O. Bondy's (her father) ill feelings towards Beulah's acting career. Quite the contrary. A. O. Bondy was manager of the Memorial Opera House at the time Beulah got her big break as Little Lord Fauntleroy.
- Received a master's degree from Valparaiso University in oratory.
- Was in six Oscar Best Picture nominees: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Our Town (1940), One Foot in Heaven (1941), Watch on the Rhine (1943), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and The Snake Pit (1948).
- Portrayed James Stewart's mother in four films: It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Of Human Hearts (1938) and Vivacious Lady (1938), as well as on an episode of his television series, The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971).
- Made her stage debut at age 9, in the title role of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso, Indiana.
- She has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
- Paternal granddaughter of Gabriel and Mary (née Rosenblatt) Bondy (1825-1907). Both were born in Germany and emigrated to America in 1853.
- The New Year song "Auld Lang Syne" is featured prominently in two of her films, "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Remember the Night".
- Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
- Beulah Bondi was born Beulah Bondy to Adolph O. Bondy and Eva M. Marble in Chicago, IL.
- Made her Broadway debut in ''One of the Family'' (1925) playing - at age 37 - a 70 year old woman.
- Maternal granddaughter of Jonathan (1810-1869), born in the state of Pennsylvania, and Melissa (née Fisher) Marble (1829-1914), born in the state of Indiana.
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