She attained her Masters in drama from the University of Pennsylvania, went to a dramatics school in New York City and then worked off-Broadway under the stage name of Louise Howard.
[1] The name Halo Meadows is apparently one that recurred throughout her life in her not-so-secret second career as a burlesque dancer.
It was by this name that most people knew her during the last half of her life, and by which is she generally known to fans of movie director Ed Wood in her capacity as Criswell's eccentric wife.
She became a writer and her husband later became nationally famous as The Amazing Criswell, a popular psychic.
[2] Halo Meadows appeared as a contestant on the December 27, 1956 episode of the TV quiz program You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx.