She played the mother of Birdie Hicks (
Esther Dale) in the fourth Ma and Pa Kettle movie,
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952). She was stepping in for
Isabel O'Madigan, who had portrayed the role in
The Egg and I (1947) and
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) but passed away before production began on Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair.