Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the headstrong Linda Vale in "The Glass Alibi" (1946). Born Mary Wrixon, she was raised within a family of good reputation and position, one of three children born unto attorney W.H. Wrixon. Following her public education at Great Falls High School, she relocated to California and after attaining her degree in theatrical arts from the Pasadena Playhouse, she began her career as a leading lady in stock companies. While appearing in a local production of "The Children's Hour", she was discovered by a talent scout and began circulating around all the major studios too begin several screen and wardrobe tests. Upon being reviewed by director James Flood, he was so impressed by her blonde good looks, hourglass figure, and petite voice, that he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Off the Record" (1939). From there, she would go on to flourish as a recognizable character actress appearing in over 70 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, grandmothers, old maids, relatives, white-collared workers, love interests, secretaries, nurses, retail clerks, waitresses, businesswomen, nurses, southern belles, playgirls, debutantes, busybodies, snobs, aristocrats, eccentrics, landlords, neighbors, curmudgeons, hostesses, telephone operators, chorines, beauticians, doctors, foreigners, exotics, femme fatales, therapists, patients, historical or literary figures, educators, dowagers, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939), "Dark Victory" (1939), "Code of the Secret Service" (1939), "Daughters Courageous" (1939), "Calling Philo Vance" (1940), "Alice in Movieland" (1940), "Flight Angels" (1940), "The Ape" (1940), "Lady with Red Hair" (1940), "Santa Fe Trail" (1940), "The Case of the Black Parrott" (1941), "Footsteps in the Dark" (1941), "Bullets for O'Hara" (1941), "Navy Blues" (1941), "Sons of the Pioneers" (1942), "The Old Homestead" (1942), "Women in Bondage" (1943), "Phantom Lady" (1943), "Waterfront" (1944), "Trail to Gunsight" (1944), "White Pongo" (1945), "This Love of Ours" (1945), "Black Market Babies" (1945), "The Face of Marble" (1946), "The Saxon Charm" (1948), "Highway 13" (1948), "As You Were" (1951), "The Graduate" (1967), and "Dayton's Devils" (1968). On television, she appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Cisco Kid," "Boston Blackie," "Rebound," "Front Page Detective," "Big Town," "Your Favorite Story," "The Silent Service," "Whirlybirds," "Target," "Sea Hunt," "The Millionaire," "Peter Loves Mary," "Hong Kong," "The Untouchables," "Slattery's People," and "The Double Life of Henry Phyfe." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, presided on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Girl Scouts, had been a model for glamour photographer George Hurrell, was cover girl for Vogue Magazine, was accoladed as a 1947 Deb Star, was the celebrity spokeswoman for Max Factor Makeup and Coke Soft Drinks, had been a theatrical instructor for the UCLA, sat on the board of directors for the feminine fashion division of The Bon Ton, was an honorary member of the Homemakers Association of California, and she was married to film editor and cinematographer Rudi Fehr from 1940 to 1999 (their union ended upon his death and produced two daughters). Upon her retirement in 1968, she spent the remainder of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, as well as being involved in charitable and religious causes until her death.