Actress. She is best remembered for her vocal portrayal of the spirited pixy Tinkerbell in the animated feature "Peter Pan" (1953). Born into a prominent family, one of two daughters born unto musician Robert E. Wood and socialite Gertrude Anderson, she began her career performing in her father's footsteps as a professional singer performing with The Rythmaires. While recording her number one record, "The Woody Woodpecker Song" (1948), with Kay Kyser and His Orchestra, she was introduced to crooner Bing Crosby who happened to be in the studio that same day. Impressed by her blonde good looks, charm, and distinctive voice, he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film and television industry. From there, she would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a character actress appearing in over 30 features; often typecast as girlfriends, debutantes, love interests, best friends, white-collared workers, retail clerks, secretaries, nurses, exotics, kindly neighbors, literary figures, nannies, torch singers, and educators. She appeared in such feature films as "So Dear to My Heart" (1948), "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949), "Three Little Words" (1950), "Blue's Busters" (1951), "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" (1951), "Just for You" (1952), "Skirts Ahoy!" (1952), "The Band Wagon" (1953), "Call Me Madame" (1953), "White Christmas" (1954), "River of No Return" (1954), "Deep in My Heart" (1954), "Music in the Blood" (1955), "Gaby" (1956), "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1956), "The Pajama Game" (1957), "Juke Box Rhythm" (1959), "For the First Time" (1959), "Paris Blues" (1961), "The Parent Trap" (1961), "Kid Galahad" (1962), "Summer Magic" (1963), "Looking for Love" (1964), "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" (1964), "A Swingin' Summer" (1965), "Carousel" (1967), "The Happiest Millionaire" (1967), "Finian's Rainbow" (1968), "Paint Your Wagon" (1969), and "Mame" (1974). During the advent of television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Zorro," "Bewitched," "Peter Gunn," "Here's Lucy," "The Jack Benny Program," "Batman," "The Cara Williams Show," "Mr. Peppers," "Naked City," "Wagon Train," "Make Room for Daddy," "I Married Joan," "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "Four Star Playhouse," "The Twilight Zone," "Death Valley Days," "The Danny Thomas Show," "Car 54, Where Are You?," "Hazel," "Dr. Kildare," "The Doris Day Show," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "Happy Days," "Three's Company," "The Love Boat," "Hart to Hart," "Remington Steele," "Knight Rider," "Fantasy Island," "Murder, She Wrote," "Hill Street Blues," "Benson," and "Night Court". In addition, she was a prominent ghost singer for several prominent leading ladies as Adele Jergens, Vera-Ellen, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Susan Hayward, and Kirby Furlong. During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, recorded over 15 solo albums, had been an active parishioner of the Episcopal church, was an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a vocal instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, had been a voice over artist for the Walt Disney Corporation, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and Shriner's Hospital for Children, was recognized as the 1952 Deb Star, had been the celebrity spokeswoman for Emerson Radio, and she was married to musician Robert McGeorge from 1955 until her death (their union produced no children). Upon her 1986 retirement from acting and singing, she spent the final years of her life living comfortably in the suburbs devoting her time to charitable and religious causes, until her death from the complications of diabetes.