She grew up in Los Angeles, California and paid for her own education by working as a sales girl at Fedway in Westwood and at J. W. Robinson's, and as an operator at the Telephone Company.
[2][3][1][4] In 2013, she was elected to the Beverly Hills City Council again.
[2][5] She has served on the Boards of Trustees of the Friends of Greystone, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic.
[2][3] She was a member of Los Angeles County Museum of Art Costume Council.
[3] She married James L. Krasne in 1966, and they have two sons, Kevin and David.