[1] Gordon was once notably photographed walking a pet cheetah on a London shopping street.

[2] She also shocked people at a restaurant in Davenport, Iowa, when they realized that she had a marmoset in her handbag.

In a 1911 interview, she said: "I rode the range astride with the cowboys, curried horses, washed and ironed and did manual labor for a living.

The next day's issue of The New York Times reported "Miss Gordon's performance was so satisfactory that she is to be engaged for an important role in a new Summer production to be offered at one of Mr. Whitney's theatres in Chicago.

[8] A review of the production of Dick Whittington, staged in 1910, noted "Phyllis Gordon had the best singing voice, although Louise Dresser was the featured member of the cast.