Born on
Christmas Day 1919 into a devout
Episcopal family, she grew up on a farm near
Birmingham, Alabama.. She came to
Hollywood with her father on a business trip, and was asked to try out for a role in
Harold Lloyd's Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals production where
Gregory La Cava saw her perform. Eventually, she was signed with
RKO. Her Southern
accent was called "as sweet and thick as cream," in a column by Donald Kirkley for
The Baltimore Sun. ,
Marjorie Riordan, William Terry,
Cheryl Walker, Margaret Early and
Michael Harrison in
Stage Door Canteen (1943) Her first screen role came in
Stage Door (1937) opposite
Katharine Hepburn,
Ginger Rogers, and
Adolphe Menjou. Her next role came at
Warner Bros. Studios playing
Spring Byington's daughter in
Jezebel (1938) opposite the likes of
George Brent,
Bette Davis, and
Fay Bainter. She later became a freelance actress and found herself working in various roles at such studios as RKO,
Warner Bros., and
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her other screen roles include parts in
Judge Hardy and Son (1939),
Strike Up The Band (1940), ''
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941), and Stage Door Canteen (1943). She made her last screen appearance in Cinderella Jones'' (1946). She spent the remainder of her days living in
Laguna Beach, California, being active in her church and the Republican party. She was good friends with
Cheryl Walker,
Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn,
Laraine Day,
Henry Fonda,
Cary Grant,
Joel McCrea, and
Dennis Morgan. ==Death==