Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the exotic Athena in "Tarzan and the Amazons" (1945). Following her graduation from Rochester High School, she began her career in local theatre. After being discovered by director Harold Peary while working as an elevator operator at Saks Fifth Avenue, he was so impressed by her dark good looks, poise, and charm, that he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her being under his supervision per a supporting role in "Gildersleeve on Broadway" (1943). From there, she would go on to appear as a supporting character actress; often typecast as glamour dolls, playgirls, exotics, femme fatales, waitresses, housekeepers, retail clerks, secretaries, nurses and best friends. She appeared in such feature films as "Government Girl" (1943), "Seven Days Ashore" (1944), "Cuban Pete" (1945), "The Chase" (1946) and "Bells of San Fernando" (1947). These roles were usually uncredited. During the advent of television, she appeared in guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Mr. and Mrs. North," "Fireside Theatre," "Crime Wave," "The Star and the Story" and "Stagecoach West". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an active parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, was a model for the Forbes Agency, had been accoladed as the 1948 Deb Star, and was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse. She was married to screenwriter Milton Krims with whom she mothered one son. Upon her withdraw from acting, she went on to enjoy a lucrative career as a legal assistant for the Publicists Guild until her 1995 retirement and focused on various charitable, and religious causes, until her death from the complications of diabetes.