She was born on March 15, 1921, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of
Hal Roach and
Marguerite Nichols, and her brother was
Hal Roach Jr. Roach gained early acting experience with a
stock theater company headed by
Ben Bard. She also sang in a night club and worked for two years as an extra in films before she obtained bigger roles. Roach was married to the actor
Robert Livingston, from 1947 to 1951, and they had one son, actor and writer Addison Randall (b. 1949). Roach died November 1964 in
Washoe County, Nevada from cirrhosis of the liver caused by chronic alcoholism. ==Filmography==