As a professional child model, Lucille came to the attention of Samuel Goldwyn who invited Lucille and her mother to Hollywood in 1920. Goldwyn instantly starred her in a 12-part comedy serial, entitled "The Adventures of Edgar Pomeroy". In 1922, she was signed by the director Marshall Neilan, subsequently enjoying a brief spell of near stardom in films for Universal, First National and MGM. As a juvenile lead who looked older than her years, she appeared with many of the era's top players, including Conrad Nagel, Colleen Moore, Warner Baxter, Laura La Plante, Anna Q. Nilsson, Blanche Sweet and Dorothy Mackaill. In 1924 alone, she acted in nine films. Overwork likely hastened her tragic demise from tuberculosis at age of fourteen.