From 1948 to 1953 she played the female lead in a number of films produced by Monogram and Columbia Pictures, gradually transitioning into television.
[3] Larson shared her father's interest in horses, winning ribbons and trophies for "her excellence as a horsewoman.
[3] After her father's death,[4] she and her mother moved to Beverly Hills, California, after Larson finished high school.
Hoping to become an actress, she moved to New York, where she worked as a commercial artist and studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Winning a Los Angeles television contest "over a large and accomplished field of actresses" gave Larson the opportunity to act in motion pictures.