- Great aunt of John Gielgud
- She was awarded the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1925 King's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- Although married to George Frederick Watts, her children Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig (9 December 1869 - 1947) and Edward Gordon Craig (16 January 1872 - 1966) were fathered by architect Edward Godwin, who deserted them. Terry and Watts separated a year after they married, but didn't divorced until 1877.
- Her two most famous children, Edith Craig and E. Gordon Craig, were the offspring of architect Edward Godwin, with whom Terry lived during much of her marriage to painter George Frederic Watts.
- Several obituaries at the time of Terry's death mention a final film appearance, Land of Hope and Glory (1927), but most trustworthy evidence suggests this is in error. The leading role being played by actress Ellaline Terriss, it seems likely the similarity in names is at the root of the misinformation.
- She refused to accompany her friend, Charles Frohman, to England from America aboard the British liner, Lusitania, sailing the next day on the neutral American ship, New York. Thus, she survived one of history's most famous disasters at sea.
- Son Edward Gordon Craig acted with Henry Irving's Lyceum company from 1885-1897. Feeling restricted in creativity, he turned to scene design and was notable for pioneering new theories in the art. He was employed for the 1903 productions of "The Vikings" and "Much Ado About Nothing" starring his mother. He founded the Gordon Craig School for the Art of the Theatre in Florence, Italy, in 1913.
- Was the third of 11 children. Two died in infancy.
- Her ashes rest in The Actors Church, St. Paul's, Covent Garden in the silver funeral casket on the South Wall.
- Grandmother of Edward Carrick.
- Aunt of stage actor, film director and producer Herbert Mason.
- A blue plaque on the house where she lived in Earls Court commemorates her while one on the 18th century terraced house in Cowley Street, Westminster commemorates her great nephew Sir John Gielgud.
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