[2] After graduating high school, Carr worked in an office as well as taking jobs modeling in Chicago.

[2][3] She made her feature film debut in San Quentin (1946), followed by a minor part in Frank Capra's 1946 It's a Wonderful Life.

[1] Carr had lead roles in several films, including the Westerns The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) and Northern Patrol (1953).

After marrying Frederick Levy, an executive for Blum Candy, Carr took a temporary hiatus from acting, and resided in San Francisco,[4] where she gave birth to a son in 1952.

[2] After divorcing Levy in 1954, she returned to acting with supporting roles in Ring of Fear (1954), and two film noir by director Robert Aldrich: World for Ransom (1954) and cult classic Kiss Me Deadly (1955), in the latter of which she portrayed the sister of a mobster.