[5] In December 1902, Burton participated in a theatrical program in South Park, San Francisco, presented by The Cooper–Gerson School of Acting.

When Burton came to the Chicago, studio she refused a role offered her in a Black Cat comedy, presented to her by Essanay president George K. Spoor.

In May 1916, Burton was involved in making The Man Who Would Not Die, directed by William F. Russell and Jack Prescott.

[citation needed] The company of American and Canadian players spent a week in Long Beach, California, filming water scenes.

Among her many co-stars in motion pictures were Mary Miles Minter, William Russell, Harold Lockwood, and Lottie Pickford.

[citation needed] She died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, California, on March 28, 1942, from a heart attack.