In addition to her modeling career for Playboy and other men's magazines, Edwards, who was part Cherokee, was a showgirl in Las Vegas.

Her acting credits — she was a contract player at Warner Bros. — include a few films like The Crowded Sky (1960), Parrish (1961), A Fever in the Blood (1961), and many television roles in programs such as Sugarfoot, Hawaiian Eye, Cheyenne, and Maverick (in the Maverick episode "Holiday at Hollow Rock" with James Garner in 1958).

In 1958 Edwards appeared as Vardis Coll on Cheyenne in the episode titled "Dead to Rights."

In 1960 Edwards appeared as Jane Emmett on Cheyenne in the episode titled "Alibi for the Scalped Man.

On October 6, 1962, Edwards killed Gilson with a shotgun blast through the heart when he broke into the house where she was staying.