Actress. She appeared with Shirley Temple in the film, "The Blue Bird" (1940), in the role of a little girl. Her name was later cut from the credits for no apparent reason. Her dress caught fire from a lighted candle, October 31, 1939. She died from the injuries on November 3, 1939. At her funeral at Forest Lawn a few days later, her five brothers served as pallbearers while a quartet sang her favorite song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Her burial shroud was the unborn child toga from her role in the Shirley Temple film The Blue Bird.
Actress. She appeared with Shirley Temple in the film, "The Blue Bird" (1940), in the role of a little girl. Her name was later cut from the credits for no apparent reason. Her dress caught fire from a lighted candle, October 31, 1939. She died from the injuries on November 3, 1939. At her funeral at Forest Lawn a few days later, her five brothers served as pallbearers while a quartet sang her favorite song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Her burial shroud was the unborn child toga from her role in the Shirley Temple film The Blue Bird.
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