[2] Blossom was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was the daughter of Edward Breneman and Bessie Parker.

[2] She graduated from Kirkwood High School at the age of 16 in 1922, and studied art for two years at Washington University in St. Louis before she moved to New York City to pursue a career as an actress.

[4] On October 10, 1928, she married golfer and restaurateur William Sherman Medart,[5] and they had a child together, although they separated soon afterward.

[3][6] They later reconciled, going into business together and gaining fame for their St. Louis hamburger stand, The Cottage, by the early 1930s, and later a restaurant called Bill Medart's.

[7] The couple had three children before the marriage ended when Medart died in a fall from a hotel window in Paris.