[3] When she was 11 years old she first performed professionally, dancing in Cincinnati as part of the Metropolitan Opera's summer season.

She later danced with the Ballet Theater[4] and was ballerina with the San Carlo Opera Company.

[4] During her acting career she performed in films such as Human Desire (1954), Last of the Pony Riders (1953), and Running Wild (1955).

Case was seriously injured in a power boat accident in February 1959 and was in the hospital for more than two months.

A Los Angeles municipal court judge dismissed felony drunken driving and manslaughter charges against her two months later.