Born in Chicago, Illinois, Webster was raised in Santa Monica, California, and finished high school there.

[1] She studied acting at California's Pasadena Playhouse in its theatre arts program.

Webster then appeared in The Tin Star, her first foray into the Western genre, carried into many television roles.

Webster co-starred in Eighteen and Anxious (1957),[2] and in 1961, she appeared in the science-fiction film Master of the World with Vincent Price.

[3] Aside from Westerns, Webster appeared in various television shows, including two The Twilight Zone episodes "A Passage for Trumpet" and "Death Ship", both of which starred Jack Klugman.