Grayson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1902 and was privately educated in France where she spent much of her pre-college years with her artist father, mother, and younger brother.
[2] Working with the Office of War Information, she then served as production manager on Salute to France (1944) with Jean Renoir, Burgess Meredith, Garson Kanin, and Maxwell Anderson.
She also was delegated to lead a contingent of French journalists (including Jean-Paul Sartre) on a tour of the United States and informally to direct a short newsreel type film of the event.
[3] According to one article, "Richard Leacock, who filmed the State Department series on American history that Grayson directed, wrote that he and his assistant 'absolutely loved working for her' and found her 'imaginative... with extraordinary good taste... and responsive to the ideas of those she worked with.
The Starting Line describes how the Illinois State Department of Public Health provides specialized care for premature babies for the Southern Educational Film Production Service, and presented by the Virginia State Department of Health in cooperation with the Illinois State Department of Public Health and the US Children's Bureau, Social Security Administration.