Byrne was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, and trained for the stage at the Leland Powers Theatrical School in Boston.
She appeared in plays with such actors of the day as Joan Davis and Donald Meek.
[1] She gave up acting and settled in England after marrying Ferdinand Byrne, who had a medical practise in London.
[2] Byrne died at coastal Old House Farm, West Itchenor, West Sussex England in 1961 whereas her main home was declared to be 3 Watford Home, Northwood, Middlesex.
Her executors were Natalie W V Wolff, Phyllis R Doyle, and Miles Austin Byrne, an actor-relative.