[2] She appeared as "Baby Parsons" in several movies, which included The Magic Wand (1912), written by her mother.

[2][4] She began working as writer for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1928 but left after a year to become a columnist and associate editor for Photoplay as well as writing for other magazines such as Liberty.

[6] In 1933, she began working for Columbia Pictures producing their Screen Snapshots documentary shorts and in 1940 she moved to Republic Pictures, directing and producing a series of documentary shorts called Meet the Stars, in which she commented on the goings-on of Hollywood A-listers.

[10] She worked at RKO for 12 years, although the experience was a frustrating one: The studio often reassigned stories she'd chosen to other producers.

[3] She also co-produced Benn Levy's play Rape of the Belt on Broadway in November 1960.