When talkies pushed silent films into the background, she worked in stock theater for a time before moving to radio drama.

Dropping Violet Joy for Duane Thompson,[2] she was Neal Burn's[3] leading lady in Hot Water.

In 1928, she was signed for a stage role in Dixie McCoy's production of Tarnish at the Hollywood Music Box.,[5] and in 1931, she played Susan Porter in Philip Barry's Holiday with the Woodward Players in St.

On December 11, 1928, she married stage comedian Emmett K. (Buddy) Wattles,[15] and, in 1937, radio producer William T.

[16][17] After retiring, she lived in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter, Judith, until her death on August 15, 1970, at the age of 67.