"B" film actress and former chorine who moved into 30s films and found
plentiful work as a tough, hard-boiled blonde, playing prostitutes,
barflies or 'other woman' types.
Once appeared in a vaudeville sister dance act with actress 'Frances
Willard Vernon', who later became the wife of James Cagney.
Educated at Wadleigh School for Girls in New York, but absconded at the age of sixteen. First on stage in the chorus of 'Snapshots of 1921', then with touring companies.