She designed lighting for dance and opera, but she "is best known for her work on [stage] musicals".
[2] She served as an assistant to many set designers, including John Koenig, Stewart Cheney, Donald Oenslager, Howard Bay, Nat Karson and Raoul Pene du Bois, as well as Oliver Smith.
Smith gave her the opportunity to work on her own as a lighting designer on Beggar's Holiday (1946).
She designed the lighting for musicals, such as Bells Are Ringing (1956) and Bye Bye Birdie (1960), revues, such as Along Fifth Avenue (1949), starring Nancy Walker and Jackie Gleason.
which ran for 180 performances on Broadway, and plays, such as The Trip to Bountiful (1953), Goodbye Charlie (1959), and The Rose Tattoo (1966).