Darby was born in
Portland, Oregon on May 12, 1916. She studied biology at
Marylhurst University near Portland, but left at age 20 to pursue photography in Manhattan. She got a job working in the
darkroom at
Pix from 1937, then from 1939 started photographing for the agency, which sent her on theatrical assignments. Darby subsequently founded her own agency, Graphic House, in 1941. She photographed more than 500
Broadway theatre shows. Her photographic credits used her maiden name. She died in
Long Beach, New York on March 30, 2004. ==Publications==