[1] She was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and died at her apartment in West Hollywood, California of a heart attack.

She showed an early interest in the performing arts and took part in a school production of My Sister Eileen.

[1] After some radio work, she got an acting part in New Faces of 1956[1] and played in the theatre alongside Shelley Berman and Nancy Walker.

[1] She was a regular cast member of the Tony Orlando and Dawn variety show; and has small parts in films such as the "Fat Lady" in Mame (1974), and in Airport 1975.

[4] She played Duffy the Cook in Alan Beattie's slasher/mystery Delusion (1980) (also known as The House Where Death Lives) with Patricia Pearcy and Joseph Cotten, and the maid Helga in Mommie Dearest (1981).