- Although "Show Boat" had opened on Broadway in 1927, and although the character Queenie is a black woman, the role was not played by one until Ms. Hunter played it in London. In the U.S., Queenie was played in the original production by Tess Gardella, a white actress who appeared in blackface.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1996.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 409-411. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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