Had one white and one dark eyebrow as a result of being hit by a car as a child.
Worked as a schoolteacher when she was young. In Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972), she provided the voice of both teachers, Mrs. Bryfogel and Miss Wucher - the latter being Jay's maiden name.
After her death, husband Lou Scheimer married Jay's sister-in-law, Mary Anne Wucher. Mary Anne's husband (and Jay's brother), Dr. Frederick P. Wucher, M.D. passed away two months after Jay.