Following her high school graduation in 1932, she got employment as a clothes model in a local department store.

She began her acting career on the New York stage in a small role in a 1935 production of Jane Eyre.

In later years she made appearances on shows like the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Missourians, and The Lone Ranger.

Kennedy was a Methodist[7] and a registered Republican who supported Dwight Eisenhower's campaign during the 1952 presidential election.

[8] Kennedy's cremains were scattered into the Garden of Roses at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.