[8] Also in the early 1950s, Wroe teamed with Tommy Irish[9] to make television commercials for Paper Mate pens.

[10] By 1954, they had appeared in more than 5,000 radio and TV commercials for the company and had been signed to a five-year contract to continue their work.

[11] They were named "outstanding personalities in television commercials" in 1953 and received more than 300 letters a week from fans.

[12] She survived two months of competition from more than 100 actresses[4] to become the fourth woman to play that role.

[13] Wroe worked as a chorus girl in Las Vegas,[14] and in 1954, she was a contract actress with Columbia Pictures.