She was born in
Brooklyn, the daughter of
Russian Jewish immigrants, and studied at the
Feagin School of Dramatic Art. She worked as a drama coach before deciding to work in
radio broadcasting. In 1944, she started working at
WLIB, where she became involved in music programming and production, responsible for
classical music programming and announcements, and broadcasting shows by
Oscar Brand,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Ethel Waters and others. She represented the Decca and London companies around the world, and was one of the few women with positions of responsibility in the record industry at that time. However, by the late 1960s, independent record companies such as Atlantic increasingly sought to establish their own identities and imprints overseas, and her role diminished. She retired in 1975. ==References==