Raised in St. Joseph, Missouri, after her parents’ separation she entered dance lessons at Prinz’s Dancing Academy and was coached by choreographer LeRoy Prinz, which led to chorus work in Hollywood. Beginning as an uncredited extra in The Kid from Spain (1932), she secured a Warner Bros. contract in 1936 and moved from bit parts to supporting roles such as My Love Came Back and Princess O’Rourke.…
