Trivia

In 1957, she was blinded for several months after falling off a ladder and landing on a pair of scissors.

She was once one of Hollywood's most popular actresses and received more than 30,000 fan letters a month.

Her real hair color was reddish brown. She dyed her hair blonde to stop comparisons to her rival Clara Bow.

Returned to being a secretary after her screen career ended.

One-time secretary and script girl for Josef von Sternberg who thought she lacked the temperament to be a secretary for him. She later worked for Charles Chaplin.

She was Warner Brothers' answer to Clara Bow.

Parents were James F. White and Marion Alexander, she being a professional actress. Her mother died while Alice was quite young and Alice and her maternal grandmother moved to Hollywood.

Attended and graduated from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, a suburban independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1511 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Had a pet sheepdog in the mid-1930s named Snoots, with whom she posed for publicity photos at Universal Pictures. Also had a pet chow dog in 1927 named Ching-a-Ling.

Alice White was originally scheduled to co-star in the drama film Affairs of a Gentleman (1934), but was replaced by Leila Hyams.

Following her death, she was interred at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.