- Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Carol Kane in Hester Street (1975).
- John Cassavetes recommended that Hester Street (1975) be self-distributed. His guidance and advice on this matter worked in the Silvers' favor.
- Her husband Raphael "Ray" and her daughters Marisa and Claudia have directed their own films. Together, they form Silverfilm Productions in 1984.
- Has worked with actor John Heard three times, including once as a producer on her husband Raphael "Ray" Silver's directorial debut On the Yard (1978).
- Cites Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1955) as her most formative movie-going experiences as a young woman.
- Parents with David of Marisa Silver.
- Has another daughter, Dina, and five grandchildren.
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