White, at the age of 17, signed on a film contract at MGM[1] and subsequently with RKO, where she found her greatest success and is perhaps best remembered for her roles in films Crossfire (1947), Banjo (1947) , Mystery in Mexico (1948) and The Narrow Margin (1952).

[7] She attended Beverly Hills High School[6] and the University of California, Los Angeles.

White had starring roles in RKO'S Banjo and Mystery in Mexico[4] and also appeared in Crossfire (1947).

When she returned to Los Angeles for the birth of her first child, she was spotted in the RKO commissary visiting friends by director Richard Fleischer and producer Stanley Rubin, who offered her a featured role in The Narrow Margin (1952),[11] a B-picture film noir, which was her final picture.

[13] She left the film industry in 1952 and relocated to Wyoming with her husband, who started an oil business.