[2] During the late 1930s he had travelled the vaudville circuit performing musical comedy tap routines with a female partner under the name of "Lynn & Dearring".

[10] This weekly series focused on different aspects of American life; the episode Dearring took part in was about the impact of railroads on America.

She travelled 8500 miles by rail from San Francisco through to the East Coast, stopping at many points along the way to film rail-related activities.

Dearring was selected to play the role of "Evelyn Munn", touring with six other teenage girls in the road company from September thru November 1953.

[12] Dearring was cast as "Debbie Walters" in an original comedy called Anniversary Waltz; she performed in all three tryout runs and the Broadway premiere.

Dearring received good reviews from most critics,[13][14] though one accused her of overacting[15] while another described her as "a typical polished output of a school for young professionals".

[fn 1] This NBC syndicated series was filmed in Brooklyn, and starred Gene Lockhart as Judge Homer Bell.

[22] When the Broadway comedy The Happiest Millionaire went on national tour in 1957 virtually the entire original cast went with it, including stars Walter Pidgeon and George Grizzard.

[25] She then went into summer stock, appearing in two plays at the La Jolla Playhouse during 1960,[26][27] and in a regular season performance in Phoenix in early 1961.