[1] She began her career as a pin-up model, and was so successful that she received the title of "Miss Photo Flash 1945".

Following this success, she received a film contract with RKO Radio Pictures, and made her screen debut in the uncredited role of a bridesmaid to Laraine Day in The Locket (1946).

She then had the lead role of Tess Trueheart in Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947), opposite Ralph Byrd.

She later had turns in such motion pictures as Desperate (1947), I Cheated the Law (1949), If You Knew Susie (1949), Code of the Silver Sage (1950), and Gasoline Alley (1951).

She also made TV appearances on such programs as Lux Video Theatre and had a recurring role on Doctor I.Q.