- She was awarded the Silver Circle Award in 1995 for Excellence in New York Television for her services to daytime dramas, Guiding Light and As The World Turns.
- She was the first casting director to be awarded the Soap Opera Digest Editor's Award for her services to Guiding Light in 1995.
- She graduated acting from New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse.
- Played the third woman in the Dame Judith Anderson production of Medea in 1948 New York City on Broadway.
- During her years on Guiding Light (1952) she discovered the following talents which then became major stars in television and cinema: Kevin Bacon, Calista Flockhart, Sherry Stringfield, Melina Kanakaredes, Cynthia Watros, Ian Ziering, Nia Long, Sharon Leal and Allison Janney amongst others.
- Holds record as longest running casting director in television history: Her tenure on Guiding Light (1952) lasted from 1970 to 1996, she also simultaneously was casting director for As the World Turns (1956) from 1979 to 1983.
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