She was featured on the cover of Life magazine's February 17, 1941, issue,[2] and a nationally distributed newspaper columnist described her as a debutante who "fought a draw with Brenda Frazier for the glamour girl championship of New York society.

In 1941, newspaper columnist Adela Rogers St. Johns wrote: "I believe that Cobina Wright Jr. had a tougher time getting where she is than almost any other girl in Hollywood.

[4] Her films included Small Town Deb (1941), Murder Among Friends (1941), Moon Over Miami (1941), Accent on Love (1941), Charlie Chan in Rio (1941), Week-End in Havana (1941), Right to the Heart (1942), Footlight Serenade (1942), and Something to Shout About (1943).

[1] The second season of The Pepsodent Show, an NBC radio program that starred Bob Hope, introduced two female characters, Brenda and Cobina.

[4] In 1938, Wright was romantically linked with Prince Philip of Greece, who later married Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

[1] By that time, Wright had become an alcoholic—a condition that was aggravated when she found that "she was left all but penniless" because Beaudette's part of his father's estate reverted to his family after his death.