- Said that director Edgar G. Ulmer came on to her on the set of The Black Cat (1934). When she turned him down, he left her hanging while everyone went to lunch, for over an hour, in a glass case, suspended by wires in her special panties.
- Minor '30s leading lady known for her long blonde tresses who came to Hollywood after winning a beauty and talent contest sponsored by Universal. Though she made about 30 films, her best-known role was in The Black Cat (1934) as the beautiful victim/sacrifice of satanic high priest Boris Karloff. She retired for marriage and family, but returned sometimes on the film festival circuits, often making the amusing remark that people only remembered her because she "went to bed with Boris Karloff" (referring to a scene in the film).
- Claimed that she bled from the mouth while filming The Black Cat (1934) after being left on a slab table with a metal pipe contraption too tight under her neck. Harry Cording found her and got her off the table, quite possibly saving her life.
- Studied drama at Northwestern University. She won a nationwide contest for ''most beautiful college coed,'' in 1933, which included a small acting contract with Universal Pictures.
- She made her film debut in Saturday's Millions (1933), a Universal football saga starring Robert Young, followed by Horse Play (1933), a slapstick comedy starring Slim Summerville.
- Although she made some television commercials in her 50s, she remained out of the spotlight until the early 1990s, when she was invited to be a guest at the Memphis Film Festival. Invitations to other festivals followed.
- Wampas Baby Star in 1934.
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