[4] She began her career modeling and being a chorus girl in 1939 and was signed under contract to Paramount Pictures in 1941 under the name Katharine Booth.

[6] After changing her screen name to Karin Booth in 1942, she would go on to appear in such feature films as The Unfinished Dance (1947), Big City (1948), The Cariboo Trail (1950), Tobor the Great (1955) and The World Was His Jury (1958).

She also appeared on television in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, M Squad, The Lineup, and This Is The Life.

She was considered a Joan Crawford look-alike at the start of her career and was often seen courting with Sterling Hayden, John Hodiak, and Mickey Rooney.

[3] She retired in 1964 and lived the rest of her days in the community of Jupiter, Florida, where she died on July 27, 2003[3] and was cremated[7] with her ashes scattered at sea.