mccrea married and divorced twice. first, in 1911, to willard metcalf, a landscape painter, with whom she had two children, addison mccrea metcalf and rosalind (who married frederick harris). second to marcus goodrich, american screenwriter and novelist. before marrying metcalf, mccrea was in a sentimental relationship with ned sheldon, a leading broadway's playwright. in 1952, she adopted jacobus arnoldus metcalf.