Stage Her first stage role was a walk-on bit in
Girls in Uniform (1933). She appeared onstage in
Moss Hart's
Winged Victory,
Richard II (starring
Maurice Evans) and
Counsellor-at-Law (starring
Paul Muni). She received kudos for her performance in the Los Angeles production of
Tennessee Williams's
Suddenly Last Summer. Other stage appearances included
No for an Answer,
Ceremony of Innocence, ''Marathon '33
, The Young Elizabeth
, They Walk Alone, and Garden District''. In 1940, siblings Deering and Ryder co-starred in
Medicine Show on Broadway. In 1980, Deering and Ryder appeared in revival of Tennessee Williams'
The Two-Character Play at the studio theater of The Harold Clurman Theater.
Film , with
Edward G. Robinson and
Charlton Heston, in
The Ten Commandments (1956) Films she appeared in include
Shock Treatment and
Caged. In 1948, director
Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Miriam, the Danite girl who loves Samson, in his film
Samson and Delilah. In his autobiography, DeMille wrote that Deering was "one whose talent and dedication to her art should carry her very far in the theater, whether on screen or stage." DeMille cast her again as the biblical
Miriam, sister of
Moses, in
The Ten Commandments (1956).
Radio Deering also appeared on many radio programs including
Lone Journey,
True Story and
Against the Storm, playing in more than 200 television programs, including
Desdemona on the
Philco Summer Playhouse production of
Othello.
Television Deering's early television appearances included co-starring in "The Unconquered", an episode of
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre, on November 19, 1950, and appearing in an episode of
Suspense on June 12, 1951. Others included the role of murderess Rebecca Gentrie in the 1958
Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Empty Tin". On June 6, 1962, she starred in "Journey to Oblivion", an episode of
Armstrong Circle Theatre. She had a supporting role in the Sci Fi series
Outer Limits in the episode "
The Zanti Misfits", which aired on December 30, 1963. One of her later television appearances was in an episode of
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, titled "One of the Family" (original air date February 8, 1965). ==Personal life and death==