Emerging from New York City’s public schools, she refined her performance skills at the National School of Expression and became a protégé of celebrated actress Minnie Maddern Fiske, launching a stage career at the age of seventeen. Her vocal versatility soon carried her into radio during the early 1920s, where she inhabited a range of characters such as the Wintergreen Witch on The Cinnamon Bear,… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 The Sword in the Stone 1963 The Stranger 1946 The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Landlady ★ 7.5 Waterloo Bridge 1940
Tart on Bridge at the End (uncredited) ★ 7.5 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945
Sheila's Mother (uncredited) ★ 7.3 Fraidy Cat 1942
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Blackboard Jungle 1955
Mrs. Brophy (uncredited) ★ 6.8 I Love to Singa 1936
Mother (voice) ★ 6.9 O. Henry's Full House 1952
Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950
Mrs. Gilbert ★ 6.8 Who Killed Cock Robin? 1935
Jenny Wren (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.7 The Killer Is Loose 1956
Apartment House Manager's Wife (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Broken Toys 1935
Zasu Pitts / Mae West (voice) ★ 6.6 Artists and Models 1955
Fat Lady (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Fallen Angel 1945
Hotel Maid (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 Dragnet 1951
Hotel Manager ★ 6.3 One Girl's Confession 1953
Old Lady ★ 6.5 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941
Landlady (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Jungle Book 1942
White Hood (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Daughter of Dr. Jekyll 1957
Mrs. Merchant ★ 5.9 I Haven't Got a Hat 1935
Miss Cud (voice) (uncredited) ★ 5.7 The CooCoo Nut Grove 1936
Mae West ★ 5.5 Love Nest 1951
Mrs. Thompson (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Toby Tortoise Returns 1936
Jenny Wren (voice) (uncredited) ★ 2.8 The Beatniks 1959
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