[1] She attended Bryn Mawr College,[1] and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

[1] She also starred with Stewart Walker in productions of The Cradle Snatchers and An Ideal Husband.

[3] She performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky, with leading roles in stage plays including Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Stages and Death of a Salesman.

[1] Her son Jon Jory was a stage director at the Actors Theatre of Louisville.

[5] She appeared on television programs including Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, The Virginian, The Big Valley and Rawhide.