Bouton graduated from the University of Pennsylvania planning to be a social service worker, and she was a probation officer in several cities' juvenile courts.

[2] Acting attracted her attention, however, and she attended the Sargent School of Dramatic Art.

[1] Bouton began acting professionally in stock theater,[3] performing with Nat Goodwin in The Merchant of Venice and later with Bertha Kalich in The Riddle Woman.

After those experiences on stage, she began acting in films, including Daddy Long Legs with Mary Pickford.

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