- She adopted Uruguayan citizenship. A theater room of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is named in her honor.
- She appeared in the original productions of many of the most famous plays of Federico García Lorca, who was her close friend. Xirgu learned of Lorca's execution just before a performance of his play "Yerma", and changed her final line from "I myself have murdered my own child" to "They have murdered my child."
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