She earlier had a large supporting role in the 1932 film Me and My Gal, starring Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett.

In 1932, she starred opposite George O'Brien in The Golden West, followed by Raoul Walsh's modern-day comedy Me and My Gal (1932) with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett that same year, which showcased Burns with a lot of screen time.

In Devil Tiger, Director Clyde E. Elliott allowed his hero, Kane Richmond, to fight a 25-foot python with no stuntman.

In her last film of 1935, she starred opposite Lloyd Hughes in the crime drama Rip Roaring Riley.

The first time was in a stage appearance in Leaning on Letty in January 1936 at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.

The second time was in 1945 alongside her husband in Brenda Starr, Reporter, which starred Kane Richmond and Joan Woodbury.