Born October 6, 1906· Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
† Died September 14, 1984
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Emerging from a Philadelphia upbringing in which her father taught her singing, dancing and acrobatics, she later moved with her family to Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, graduated from San Francisco Polytechnic High School, tried secretarial school and supported herself in a shoe store and as a theatre usher before landing a debut as an extra in a Hal Roach short in 1924; a subsequent sti…
